[She stares downward, silent for a long moment. It helps to tell herself that this isn't what will happen to her friend, not in her timeline. Still, it's hard to hear even as she reminds herself that she did ask.]
...that sounds just like something he'd do. Damn. That's partly why I helped put him on the throne. I knew he'd make a decent king, anyway, but after the Blight, I wanted to make sure he wouldn't be in a position where he might have to sacrifice himself again. Because sooner or later, that's what being a Grey Warden is about.
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...that sounds just like something he'd do. Damn. That's partly why I helped put him on the throne. I knew he'd make a decent king, anyway, but after the Blight, I wanted to make sure he wouldn't be in a position where he might have to sacrifice himself again. Because sooner or later, that's what being a Grey Warden is about.
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[ She thinks of Thom, too, of course, and of his stories. ... Not that he was really a Warden, but. ]
I'm sorry, Aren. I thought you should know the truth. ... Or, at least, the truth of what happened in my Thedas.