The look Alistair gives Ivette in return is wary, uncertain; he's doing his best not to shrink into himself.
(Doing his best not to think of the fight he and Cullen had, two or three years ago by now. You'll forgive me if I might not want to talk about it with just anyone.)
"Gradually," says Fiona. "It wasn't as obvious when it was just Duncan and I, but once we were back in Weisshaupt, surrounded by other Wardens...I realized I couldn't sense them as I used to. I felt weaker, more tired -- more than could be explained by pregnancy alone. And then one day I was sent on patrol and realized I could no longer sense the darkspawn, either. Fortunately, it was only a small cluster of them, easily dispatched, but I never went on patrol again after that.
"After you were born -- " Addressing Alistair, now. "Weisshaupt began running tests. Other mages inspected me. I even took the Joining a second time, to no effect. It wasn't merely gone; I seemed completely immune to it now. And so I've remained."
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(Doing his best not to think of the fight he and Cullen had, two or three years ago by now. You'll forgive me if I might not want to talk about it with just anyone.)
"Gradually," says Fiona. "It wasn't as obvious when it was just Duncan and I, but once we were back in Weisshaupt, surrounded by other Wardens...I realized I couldn't sense them as I used to. I felt weaker, more tired -- more than could be explained by pregnancy alone. And then one day I was sent on patrol and realized I could no longer sense the darkspawn, either. Fortunately, it was only a small cluster of them, easily dispatched, but I never went on patrol again after that.
"After you were born -- " Addressing Alistair, now. "Weisshaupt began running tests. Other mages inspected me. I even took the Joining a second time, to no effect. It wasn't merely gone; I seemed completely immune to it now. And so I've remained."