You can't ask me to pity you for only hearing about it secondhand. She was like a mother to me, and I was there.
[ ... He's sorry. But Zevran told him to. He isn't a very good liar, generally, but whether Anders knows him well enough to pick up on the hint of falsity in his tone is an open question. ]
At least I've comfort in the chance he contacted you first, as I know where your loyalties stand. And like a mother? I'm so sorry. That must have been a nightmare in itself.
[Alistair had been no help, but really, Anders hadn't truly expected it, or any real answers here. It's not like Oghren had taste, or Wynne knew the world enough to have standards, but still.]
Wonderful. Maybe to someone who wasn't her student who disagreed with every part of her philosophy when it came to staying in Circles and left, repeatedly. Trust me. Nightmare.
Probably not, no. [ BUT. ] She was the first mage I ever got along with. Not that I blame the rest of them for not caring for me, but I was nineteen, and I'd only been out of the monastery for six months. If I'd only had Morrigan to judge by—
[ Maybe seeing what happened at Kinloch Hold still would have made a mage-freedom liberal out of him. But less likely. ]
From the moment Morrigan's arrived there's been all sorts of talk about him. I've steered clear as the last thing I wanted was to make her think I'm some sort of threat to him. What does that have to do with anything?
Oh, no, I mean Wynne. [ It's briefly difficult to stop himself from thanking Anders for steering clear of Kieran. Fortunately Alistair and Morrigan already patched up that issue and renegotiated Alistair's ability to see the boy, or he'd be a lot grouchier. ] Wynne had a son.
[He can't help the echo. It's difficult to process that thought. When had she had time? Granted, he'd been locked up for a year, but she'd been with Jonas and them then, fighting the archdemon. Surely she'd not been pregnant. So... before he'd been her student? He has no idea.]
No. I'd not known. Is he... He can't be a mage? Surely she'd not still have been a Loyalist if he was? Is?
Is. But she didn't know. They took him from her while she was still weak and she never saw him again or knew anything about him, until after the Blight.
[ That's all he knows. They kept in contact, but he didn't read Asunder. ]
Anyway, I think people learn to believe in things they can't fight, sometimes, so they don't go mad. And then if someone else does fight it, when they didn't, it's probably sort of threatening.
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Sending Crystal, around the time of Zev's hot or hot damn post
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[ ... He's sorry. But Zevran told him to. He isn't a very good liar, generally, but whether Anders knows him well enough to pick up on the hint of falsity in his tone is an open question. ]
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[Alistair had been no help, but really, Anders hadn't truly expected it, or any real answers here. It's not like Oghren had taste, or Wynne knew the world enough to have standards, but still.]
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What? She was wonderful.
[ He sounds wounded. Personally wounded. ]
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She made me a scarf.
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[So. Very. Dry.]
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It kept my neck warm.
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I think asking anyone to make a scarf that heavy would be unreasonable. Not enough yarn.
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We'll not agree on her.
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[ Maybe seeing what happened at Kinloch Hold still would have made a mage-freedom liberal out of him. But less likely. ]
Did you know she had a son?
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[The words are a little slow; he's confused.]
From the moment Morrigan's arrived there's been all sorts of talk about him. I've steered clear as the last thing I wanted was to make her think I'm some sort of threat to him. What does that have to do with anything?
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[He can't help the echo. It's difficult to process that thought. When had she had time? Granted, he'd been locked up for a year, but she'd been with Jonas and them then, fighting the archdemon. Surely she'd not been pregnant. So... before he'd been her student? He has no idea.]
No. I'd not known. Is he... He can't be a mage? Surely she'd not still have been a Loyalist if he was? Is?
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[ That's all he knows. They kept in contact, but he didn't read Asunder. ]
Anyway, I think people learn to believe in things they can't fight, sometimes, so they don't go mad. And then if someone else does fight it, when they didn't, it's probably sort of threatening.
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Anders sighs, and not just because Alistair fails at reading game-tie-in novels.]
They, they do. It goes back to fear, and if I could lift the weight of fear from my people... They took her son and she... Maker.
[He sounds resigned rather than frustrated.]
May they never have opportunity to tear apart a family for magic again.
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Right now, if you have time.
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