It was pleasanter when he did not address it directly.

"We have both of us been spurned. Marjolaine left me to be tortured. Intimacy allowed her to condemn me. It allowed her to steal secrets that might have started another war between Orlais and Ferelden, it allowed her knowledge that she shared with the Empress Celene that might have compromised the Divine's peace, had she applied it so." Leliana's voice is harsher now, quiet and lacking heat because of the child, but even so. "I will not endanger the Inquisition or my mission due to some fleeting whimsy. My duty will ensure the freedom of others to live and love as they wish. I cannot squander that through death."

This is a terrible conversation to be having while wrangling a delighted infant, and she shakes her head. "I cannot take that risk."