Lavellan doesn't need his pity, and her own eyes narrow slightly in response. The Dalish have tried in the face of great adversity, of which he slept through instead of helping them. He has no right to pity her for something he willfully doesn't understand.
And when did she start thinking of herself as separate? No, she is Dalish, no matter what truths she knows. It is the one thing he cannot completely take from her. It has to be.
"Does the story say anything about creatures capable of independent thought who found their way into the cave to join him?" It is, in her defense, a question she feels is worth asking. She takes the story to heart, if not in the way he means it -- it is something from Arlathan, from her history, and its historical value is immeasurable. Not that she will ever be able to pass it onto her clan.
She comes to rest behind him, not quite within arm's reach. "Then that's his reality, and it would be cruel to force him to experience a world he doesn't know and doesn't understand, one that will drive him -- and his newfound companions -- mad."
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And when did she start thinking of herself as separate? No, she is Dalish, no matter what truths she knows. It is the one thing he cannot completely take from her. It has to be.
"Does the story say anything about creatures capable of independent thought who found their way into the cave to join him?" It is, in her defense, a question she feels is worth asking. She takes the story to heart, if not in the way he means it -- it is something from Arlathan, from her history, and its historical value is immeasurable. Not that she will ever be able to pass it onto her clan.
She comes to rest behind him, not quite within arm's reach. "Then that's his reality, and it would be cruel to force him to experience a world he doesn't know and doesn't understand, one that will drive him -- and his newfound companions -- mad."