[She nods with a melancholy smile, remembering well a few faces who didn't survive the day whatever her actual closeness to them.]
That year was a hard one. The Circle felt emptier for a long time, and I know we all felt it. The Templars, too.
[Something she never talked about with Anders, certain he had no interest in that perspective.]
I think I understand what you mean. I hadn't made any meaningful contribution, but if I had been older, more capable, perhaps there would have been a few more familiar faces at the end. Perhaps you could have saved them, too, but...you could have been killed or taken, as well. I'm just glad you lived, one more teacher we didn't lose.
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That year was a hard one. The Circle felt emptier for a long time, and I know we all felt it. The Templars, too.
[Something she never talked about with Anders, certain he had no interest in that perspective.]
I think I understand what you mean. I hadn't made any meaningful contribution, but if I had been older, more capable, perhaps there would have been a few more familiar faces at the end. Perhaps you could have saved them, too, but...you could have been killed or taken, as well. I'm just glad you lived, one more teacher we didn't lose.