Given his choice, he'd take a mage. That was a depressing thought, touching on things from earlier he didn't want to think about right now. Instead he stayed with the topic of the guns. "Gordon has been helping me practice with a .45. I don't hate it." It was faster and more efficient than a bow, easier to attain accuracy, too.

"It makes sense to have long and short range weapons here. The challenges we face vary so." It made sense at home, too, but that was also why so few people fought alone. Loners with very rare exceptions didn't do well in Thedas.