This is, if anything, powerful evidence of Barcus' previously-stated opinion: no matter how powerful, or how infamous, Solas is still just a person, and painfully relatable.

There is, of course, always the possibility that Barcus is allowing his own empathy to run away with him. Being manipulated or tricked, for some hidden purpose. He doesn't think so, though. Solas looks exquisitely uncomfortable with the turn of this conversation.

The gnome folds his arms across his chest to suppress the urge to reach out again, but turns slightly toward him, tilting his head to rest it on the edge of the pool. "I don't think it's foolish to give someone a chance. Maybe...maybe you gave her more chances than you should have, like I did with Wulbren, but maybe that will also put you in a place where you can...not fix what was broken, but at least keep it from breaking even worse, or set the foundation to build something new on top of it."