"Because," he says, as though Alistair hasn't spoken, "if you think about it -- the people around me tend to have hard fates. There were our people at Kinloch. Everything in Kirkwall. Our forces at Haven. Our forces at Adamant. What's left of the Order -- including some of my former recruits, including at least one survivor from Kinloch -- they've taken the red stuff and they're sworn to Corypheus."

Maker, though the darkness comes upon me,
I shall embrace the Light. I shall weather the storm.
I shall endure.

He breathes, running through the Chant in his mind.



His voice breaks.

"You came back."