He knows Cullen's right. About both those things. And the latter helps, certainly, because he'd rather be around someone who's been down this same road, but the former --
If it's not his fault, that means however he reacts to this is just...something that happens. Enormous. Uncontrollable. If he could control it, it would be his fault, and if he could control it, that would also mean he'd have a chance of making it stop.
Alistair draws his legs up, settles his arms across his knees, and doesn't look at Cullen.
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He knows Cullen's right. About both those things. And the latter helps, certainly, because he'd rather be around someone who's been down this same road, but the former --
If it's not his fault, that means however he reacts to this is just...something that happens. Enormous. Uncontrollable. If he could control it, it would be his fault, and if he could control it, that would also mean he'd have a chance of making it stop.
Alistair draws his legs up, settles his arms across his knees, and doesn't look at Cullen.