Alistair lets go of Cullen's hand, but only to put an arm around him, drawing him closer.
Eventually his thoughts will circle back to the first bit -- we've been thoroughly infiltrated -- but he's too struck by the news about Lavellan. He never thought of the Anchor like the Joining, granting you a way to fight the darkness until it destroys you from the inside out. He's seen more than one Warden-Commander off to the Deep Roads. It never gets easier, watching your leaders die one by one from the very thing that keeps Thedas safe.
And Lavellan, what she means to Cullen, everything she gave him --
He shuts his eyes, leaning his forehead against the side of Cullen's.
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"Oh, no."
Barely audible.
Alistair lets go of Cullen's hand, but only to put an arm around him, drawing him closer.
Eventually his thoughts will circle back to the first bit -- we've been thoroughly infiltrated -- but he's too struck by the news about Lavellan. He never thought of the Anchor like the Joining, granting you a way to fight the darkness until it destroys you from the inside out. He's seen more than one Warden-Commander off to the Deep Roads. It never gets easier, watching your leaders die one by one from the very thing that keeps Thedas safe.
And Lavellan, what she means to Cullen, everything she gave him --
He shuts his eyes, leaning his forehead against the side of Cullen's.