[He immediately stiffens at the question. Good thing she gave him the choice and didn't demand it, because ah... there's a whole lot he's not sure he's ready to share. If he ever will be.]

Ah... maybe some of it. But a lot of it involves stuff that Thedas doesn't have or know about. [It was all like something out of a sci-fi horror show.] The gist of it is I got separated from my friends and wound up collapsing. I got taken by the enemy into a facility of theirs and had to fight my way out. Got some help from a former enemy commander turned good guy.