[ Chris nods a bit, goes back to making his current batch. Cole's not going to notice a single brownie missing and besides, Chris himself has to taste-test before serving it up, right? Right. ]

It'd be useful. I mean, we could always do with more... anything on this ship. Everything here kind of sucks. On the other hand, I was talking with someone else and... I don't know. They say ratings are the way to get out of here, and it looks like our pay's tied to our ratings. What if it's just some kind of metaphor?

[ He's looking kind of expectantly at Varric here. Please don't make him spell it out. ]