She wanted to take him by the shoulders and shake him. To make him see how if he had just confided in them, how things would have been different.
"She was prepared, Anders. We were not blind to that. But, if she had struck out against the mages, do you honestly believe we would have stood by and let it happen? You think Hawke would have let that happen? We would have acted, and we could have taken her down without having to cause a civil war to do it! She was mad, her own men could see that. Many of your friends in the circle still died, along with countless others. There was no victory that day, only loss. Only pain and misery."
She kicked at the pillar he tried to hide behind, and bit back a small yelp as pain radiated from her foot in waves. Well, that was just fucking brilliant.
"I cannot change the past by wishing," she said shakily looking down. "No matter how I try. I cannot bring Hawke back."
No Scones or cucumber sandwiches for us unfortuenately.
"She was prepared, Anders. We were not blind to that. But, if she had struck out against the mages, do you honestly believe we would have stood by and let it happen? You think Hawke would have let that happen? We would have acted, and we could have taken her down without having to cause a civil war to do it! She was mad, her own men could see that. Many of your friends in the circle still died, along with countless others. There was no victory that day, only loss. Only pain and misery."
She kicked at the pillar he tried to hide behind, and bit back a small yelp as pain radiated from her foot in waves. Well, that was just fucking brilliant.
"I cannot change the past by wishing," she said shakily looking down. "No matter how I try. I cannot bring Hawke back."