[He cannot heal everyone. He cannot save every person who deserves to be saved, or help every person who deserves to be helped. These are lessons life has driven into him over and over... and he has chosen to ignore. Healing in Darktown had been fighting a losing battle, just as much as running the underground there and trying to circumvent what was coming. Even being a Grey Warden is a losing battle, because even with just two archdemons left there's no telling what might come next. Corypheus and the Architect are proof enough of that.
Maker, being in Skyhold and trying to help, being who he is, is a losing battle. He's not backing down from that, and he's not backing down from this.
But he's also not going to push Zevran more tonight. Later. Once Anders has had a chance to consider people, to look around, then he'll bring it back up. With as much subtlety as a dragon in a henhouse. Anders sighs.]
It will pass for now.
[It sounds like he's agreeing. Zevran probably knows better, but Anders doesn't think he'll be pushed on it. Zevran wants the matter to rest. Time for an abrupt topic switch that's only mostly unrelated, because Anders thinks maybe Zevran is also missing Alistair somewhat.]
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Maker, being in Skyhold and trying to help, being who he is, is a losing battle. He's not backing down from that, and he's not backing down from this.
But he's also not going to push Zevran more tonight. Later. Once Anders has had a chance to consider people, to look around, then he'll bring it back up. With as much subtlety as a dragon in a henhouse. Anders sighs.]
It will pass for now.
[It sounds like he's agreeing. Zevran probably knows better, but Anders doesn't think he'll be pushed on it. Zevran wants the matter to rest. Time for an abrupt topic switch that's only mostly unrelated, because Anders thinks maybe Zevran is also missing Alistair somewhat.]
So when are you moving down to the Warden camp?