So long as monsters continue to cause problems, I imagine.

[It's still a morose subject, but it is at least is a different kind of morose than "you seem considerably better equipped for this, and also I think you seem like the sort of person who would actually end up with a proper family instead of stumbling into this by complete accident as a single father."

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I am certain that things would calm down if we were able to locate and eliminate the Darkspawn, but I imagine no progress has been made on that front.

[...honestly, given who's on the throne, Jasper has to wonder if those efforts are being actively sabotaged. But it's not like he can say that...]