I am sure there is plenty you will teach him and deny all knowledge of, as Alistair tries and fails not to giggle in a corner like an overgrown child in a corner with Doghren.
There was no other that could have raised Kieran, for reasons you well know, and there are many who would think me ill-suited to motherhood. There were times when I curled beside Kieran as a wolf when all was cold and twas the best way to keep him warm, for is a wolf not a mother too? There were times when I would carry him bundled to my back as a spider when there was no other safe way to go, for is a spider not a mother too? I hid him much as a deer or halla will hide her young in the tall grass but there were no other eyes there that would watch him when my back was turned in Orlais and the world was full of lions and vipers and worse. You have many in Skyhold. Tis a trite phrase to say it takes a village but I believe that for most, such a thing is true. You are not alone in this.
I did not feel love at first. That came later, much later. He was part of a plan. A step along the way. But they are far more robust than you might realise. I will not tell you not to fear for I am not that cruel, and I am no hypocrite when there are times it might well choke me but you are never alone in this. You protect by realising you are many things, but not what raised you. That is the hardest step, but it must be the first.
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I am sure there is plenty you will teach him and deny all knowledge of, as Alistair tries and fails not to giggle in a corner like an overgrown child in a corner with Doghren.
There was no other that could have raised Kieran, for reasons you well know, and there are many who would think me ill-suited to motherhood. There were times when I curled beside Kieran as a wolf when all was cold and twas the best way to keep him warm, for is a wolf not a mother too? There were times when I would carry him bundled to my back as a spider when there was no other safe way to go, for is a spider not a mother too? I hid him much as a deer or halla will hide her young in the tall grass but there were no other eyes there that would watch him when my back was turned in Orlais and the world was full of lions and vipers and worse. You have many in Skyhold. Tis a trite phrase to say it takes a village but I believe that for most, such a thing is true. You are not alone in this.
I did not feel love at first. That came later, much later. He was part of a plan. A step along the way. But they are far more robust than you might realise. I will not tell you not to fear for I am not that cruel, and I am no hypocrite when there are times it might well choke me but you are never alone in this. You protect by realising you are many things, but not what raised you. That is the hardest step, but it must be the first.
Morrigan