[Tabris and Alistair exchange a look that is really no more than a shared wince. They have no context for the plus one situation, as it hadn't come up for the Wardens that were taking part, but judging by that reaction, the keg is An Issue.]

I'm... starting to get the idea that you weren't expecting the keg either?

[Tabris squints over at the circle of people around Hawke.]

Is that Carver's sister?

[Alistair lights up in recognition next to her.]

Oh! It is!

[He drops his voice into a conspiratorial whisper.]

Do you think that's why he called in sick?

Probably! So, uh. Was this supposed to be a sober event or did we just not approve the honest to maker keg? We can totally steal the keg, if you need it to mysteriously disappear.