"Maybe so, or perhaps it's because I've only just arrived about a week ago."

He looks down at her hand and finds himself reaching out to clasp it, but without as much force as he would with someone more his size. He is not a small man, and she is smaller than some of the elven women he knows but maybe a little larger than some of the dwarven women he's met. Besides, Cullen knows his own strength and would never use the full force of it unless he was trying to prove a point with someone who needed the lesson.

"Cullen Rutherford of Thedas. And there's no need to apologize. I hadn't introduced myself before now, either."