It's blasphemy to compare himself to Andraste, he knows it, but in this he feels there's a parallel. They hadn't seen other ways.
"When the situation is overwhelming, sometimes it seems like there's no options save what one can do in that moment. And sometimes that's not a good option, not in the least. They forget to hope, or they've forgotten how to hope."
He doesn't think Andraste wanted to die. Then again, sometimes having a martyr can bring power to a group it otherwise wouldn't have had. Maybe that had been her hope. Or maybe there really hadn't been any other choice. He can't say. He wasn't there.
"You make a choice, and it's made. Sometimes for good, sometimes for ill. And yes, returning to the other. I could have done good for a time. But I would not have done the right sort of good if I stayed hidden away."
What choices Alan is facing, Anders doesn't know. He just hopes the boy has more room here than Anders had felt he had in Kirkwall.
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It's blasphemy to compare himself to Andraste, he knows it, but in this he feels there's a parallel. They hadn't seen other ways.
"When the situation is overwhelming, sometimes it seems like there's no options save what one can do in that moment. And sometimes that's not a good option, not in the least. They forget to hope, or they've forgotten how to hope."
He doesn't think Andraste wanted to die. Then again, sometimes having a martyr can bring power to a group it otherwise wouldn't have had. Maybe that had been her hope. Or maybe there really hadn't been any other choice. He can't say. He wasn't there.
"You make a choice, and it's made. Sometimes for good, sometimes for ill. And yes, returning to the other. I could have done good for a time. But I would not have done the right sort of good if I stayed hidden away."
What choices Alan is facing, Anders doesn't know. He just hopes the boy has more room here than Anders had felt he had in Kirkwall.