[ it's not a question that talin's ever considered before—dalish beliefs around death are very different from nevarran, and he's had no cause to wonder about what if he were nevarran, though. his eyebrows go up, he blinks, pulls a considering face. ]

I'm not my body, [ is where he ends up. ] If my spirit ends up in the Beyond, and by getting there it shoves a spirit out—it deserves a home here too, doesn't it? Better it goes somewhere it will be safe, for its sake and those around it. It's not possession, or stealing.

Does the idea bother you? [ it probably does, if she asked. ] There are different beliefs. Not everyone binds spirits to their dead. My people bury ours, and plant a tree over their graves, so we may nourish it as we rot. Fereldans burn their dead.