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[byblow]

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[byblow]

[ Ha. ]

Yes. If they can. If we keep things from them that might help them stop him, then we're to blame for that, too.

The fact that you specifically are going to die horribly pretty soon [ :D ] might not stop him, but the fact that we're tainted and that it kills us—those have been necessary disclosures. It's in the records now. It comes up sometimes when we try to discuss how to stop him or why the Wardens are in the position they are in. If your friends don't hear it from you, they'll probably hear it from me sometime.

[heorte]

I understand.

[ now he needs to think of a way to impart this information, infinitely harder. ]

Do you feel it will be pretty soon?

[ fun co-worker banter: do you feel the cold hand of death on your shoulder yet ]

[byblow]

Who can say?

[ Exposure to darkspawn is supposed to speed it up, so that's not working in his favor. But on the other hand, ]

There might be a way out, you know.

[heorte]

[ Ellis immediately like: pass ]

That sounds like wishful thinking.

[byblow]

Grand Enchanter Fiona was a Warden, [ how old is he ] thiry-five or forty years ago. Now she isn't. And before they wandered off wherever they wandered to, Anders and Nathaniel Howe managed something like it. It killed the Wardens who tried it after them,

[ omelette, eggs? He's not really so cavalier about that, but it also wasn't his call, ]

but when it comes to the point that you're already dying, you could flip the coin.

[heorte]

I'm not afraid of dying.

[ what an understatement. ]

Do you want to flip that coin?