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Good, because the lives of either group are not expendable.

[Wynne had apparently made it work, somehow. But as there's no way to ask her how, he's going to operate on the assumption that she's the exception rather than the norm and his struggles with Justice would be the regular.

Not being able to read things off Kostos means he's jumping around and failing to figure out what book the other mage is in, forget being on the same page. Maybe it's time to stop guessing.]

What are you thinking?

No lives are expendable.

[ —is what he's thinking. It takes him a moment to realize the question may be more general, and then he does finally look up. ]

I need to know if anything was different. About him. About what you did. Is a powerful spirit with one hand reaching into the physical world enough, or was there something else to explain why there are no reports of this happening before. You cannot have been the first abomination to speak to someone Tranquil.

[No lives are expendable. It strikes Anders that that might be the most defining thing about Kostos the other mage has said. It might be why the Loyalist had worked with Nell to rebel, to mitigate the loss of lives. And it might be even an almost healer-y sentiment.

He studies Kostos for what might be an uncomfortable few moments before nodding slowly.]

Functioning abominations are rare. I only know of two others, one with a spirit and the other with a demon. I don't know that either lost control the way I did sometimes with Justice, and it was during a loss of control that Karl came back to himself, not when we were conversing before that.

[Anders takes a breath.]

Having Justice wasn't enough. Else I would have temporarily helped other Tranquil too, just by passing through the Gallows at Hawke's side. If I was to guess, him, Justice, expressing himself, being more present, touching the physical world,
would be the key difference.

[ Kostos raises his eyebrows at the studying, but they return to their natural positions when Anders explains himself. He nods himself, abandoning his attention to the scroll—a dead end, it seems—to frowns at Anders instead. It's a thoughtful smile, not a disapproving one.

Though he does disapprove. For the record. It's just not something he feels the need to constantly assert. The past is past. ]

Did you— [ That's a plural you, Anders and his passenger. ] —touch him?

I don't know.

[It had been so long ago. Anders presses his lips together before shaking his head. He doesn't know half of what Justice got up to; most of the time all he'd been able to hope was that someone would tell him what happened when Justice had taken over.]

I don't remember most things that went on when Justice was in control. As he is not the sort to reach out or embrace it may be fair to say there was no contact while Justice was running matters. Bethany, Carver, or Aveline may be more able to say... but this was also a decade ago.

All right.

[ How much is he not going to ask Bethany, Carver, or Aveline about this? So much. Talking to people is the worst. ]

Is there anything else that you think may matter?

[He's not sure Kostos is going to ask them. Kostos is not a people person, which means Anders will have to figure out if he thinks physical contact is relevant enough to be worth bringing up that night with any of the trio.

In the meantime, Anders takes a breath and mentally goes through anything that might matter.]

Justice was invested. I don't know if whether the spirit cares or not matters, but he did because I did. If I think of anything else, I'll let you know?

[If Kostos is asking about 'anything else,' the not-people-person's tolerance for a people person might be running low. Anders doesn't see a point to keeping the guy longer than is needed.]

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