0	6262573	
1	6262574	
2	6262792	It was awful, Mother, but it's over. Father's work won't haunt us. 
3	6262793	
4	6262795	But... he was there. In the past.
5	6262796	
6	6262798	Buying freedom for you. So you could have a life together.
7	6262799	
8	6262801	<desc>Explosion sound</desc> Fire, and stones falling. Boom!
9	6262802	
10	6262804	Carver, dear, please.
11	6262805	
12	6262807	Right, right. The important part is they won't be coming for us again. It was all about blood. About Father.
13	6262808	
14	6262816	It's over. There won't be any more attacks from Father's past.
15	6262976	
16	6262978	
17	6262979	
18	6262984	And I missed hearing his voice. You say he did all of that?
19	6262985	
20	6262981	I'm glad I missed it. But to hear his voice... And he did all of that?
21	6262982	
22	6262987	
23	6262988	
24	6262993	Sorry I missed it. And Father, he did all of that?
25	6262994	
26	6262990	I'm so glad. But Father... he did all of that?
27	6262991	
28	6262996	For a new life. For you, Mother.
29	6262997	
30	6262810	Oh Malcolm. I can't believe... it's like he's still with us, but it's not true. Not really.
31	6262811	
32	6252551	He went through so much to protect us. I wish he had shared the burden.
33	6252552	How did the heir to the Amells ever meet a Fereldan apostate anyway?
34	6263082	
35	6263083	
36	6252555	Not by prowling the sewers, I hope.
37	6252745	
38	6252750	I'm not sure I want to know.
39	6252751	
40	6252554	Ooh, yes. I've always wanted to hear that.
41	6252743	
42	6252753	He wasn't an apostate then. He was a junior enchanter in the Gallows, back when they would perform at the Viscount's functions.
43	6252754	
44	6252756	I'd always believed mages were grim old men in strange robes, but Malcolm was... 
45	6252757	
46	6252771	He was young, strong, never considered himself anything but the equal of every man there.
47	6252772	
48	6262813	And they all knew it and hated him for it.
49	6262814	
50	6252759	He was so earnest, like he really cared about everything he said.
51	6252760	
52	6252762	He was talking about reform in the Circle, even then.
53	6252763	
54	6252765	He was such a wit. Never had a straight answer for anything, but...
55	6252766	
56	6252768	It was infuriating. And fascinating.
57	6252769	
58	6252774	We, ah, found ways to meet more privately after that.
59	6252556	Did you not want to go to Ferelden?
60	6252775	My parents made it clear that I had no future in Kirkwall with Malcolm.
61	6252776	
62	6252778	They threw me out without a silver to my name, and of course, he came from the Circle with nothing.
63	6252779	
64	6252781	I never realized what he went through just to buy us safe passage.
65	6252563	It would have been wrong to drag you into Grey Warden blood magic.
66	6252558	You were the most important thing to him. 
67	6252560	You could hear that in every word he said.
68	6253315	
69	6252561	Would he really be a Hawke if he didn't try to fix every problem in the world single-handedly?
70	6252890	<desc>Laughs</desc> So I should know by now not to try to stop any of you?
71	6252891	
72	6253001	I just wish he was still here. I've made such an utter muck of it since he's been gone.
73	6253002	
74	6253013	He'd have had to run from the Blight, too. Nothing was changing that.
75	6253014	
76	6253016	He could have kept Bethany alive. I couldn't.
77	6253017	
78	6253004	The Blight would have pushed us here no matter what. Father couldn't have stopped that.
79	6253005	
80	6253007	He could have kept Carver alive. I couldn't.
81	6253008	
82	6253040	I... I can't do this now. It's too hard, remembering a time before we'd lost anything.
83	6253041	
84	6253043	I don't know what to regret first.
85	6253044	
86	6262576	
87	6262648	
88	6263114	
89	6263115	
90	6263117	
91	6263118	
92	6264480	
93	6264481	
94	6263120	The attacks, the prison, the Wardens. All ghosts from the past. It's done, but...
95	6263121	
96	6263832	Did you know? He never said anything to me, or Carver and Bethany, as far as I can tell.
97	6263833	
98	6263835	I don't know what to think anymore. That life... every day I have less of it, and worse, I <emp>know</emp> less of it.
99	6263836	
100	6263829	
101	6263830	
102	6253189	Your father had stones the size of watermelons.
103	6253190	
104	6253192	Wardens, demons, blood magic... Leandra'd shit herself to hear what he did in her name.
105	6253248	Did you ever meet him, or did they just elope one day?
106	6253250	I was there when they met, at one of the Viscount's dismal things. Mages were trotted out to impress the nobles.
107	6253251	
108	6253253	Malcolm somehow brought dignity to it. Leandra couldn't stop staring. 
109	6253254	
110	6253256	<emp>I</emp> was the one who distracted father so they could sneak out to the balcony to "talk."
111	6253277	You are the last person I want to talk about this with.
112	6253279	I'm all the family you've got right now.
113	6253280	
114	6253285	If that's it, that's it. Glad to hear you got the Carta off your back, anyway.
115	6253286	
116	6253257	I would have liked the chance to tell her.
117	6253259	I can't get over it. How she died. There's so many things I should have said.
118	6253260	
119	6253262	Me too.
120	6253263	
121	6264483	All I want is time to talk to her.
122	6264485	Right. Words not said, and all that.
123	6264486	
124	6253265	As if I trust your judgment after you spread Mother's inheritance across Lowtown.
125	6253267	Are you going to harp about that forever? You've got a bleeding fortune now that puts the Amells to shame.
126	6253268	
127	6253273	This mess... <desc>Laughs</desc> She wouldn't know whether to miss Malcolm or be furious with him.
128	6253274	
129	6253276	Maybe both. She perfected that, you know.
130	6263213	
131	6263215	You need something... well, you know how it goes.
132	6263216	
133	6253288	
134	6263827	
135	6263126	It's hard to make sense of it, isn't it? To know that Malcolm had this life and never said anything.
136	6263127	
137	6263129	It may be that he accepted that burden so he could shield us. To give us a life of our own choosing.
138	6263130	
139	6263132	Much as you do.
140	6263154	
141	6263183	
142	6263185	The attacks, darkspawn, every bloody part of it, all because of what happened years ago.
143	6263186	
144	6263218	What he did for Mother. For all of us, really.
145	6263219	
146	6263188	And you really saw all of this? Maker...
147	6263189	
148	6264488	
149	6264489	
150	6264491	How would Mother take this... strange magic? I wish I could talk to her.
151	6264492	It's not right that Mother isn't here to... I don't know. Just listen, I guess. I want to talk to her.
152	6264493	I know it was hard, how much time he had to spend with Bethany and I.
153	6264528	They wouldn't want us wallowing over what we've lost.
154	6264530	I don't think either of them got what they wanted out of this life.
155	6264531	
156	6263283	Blood magic... Worse than the scandal of leaving the Amell name. At least he kept that quiet.
157	6263284	Does none of this make you want to, I don't know, offer a reason for joining the order?
158	6263286	Right, my great betrayal. All to spite you, is that how you remember it?
159	6263294	
160	6263296	We spent so long running, and why? Because of magic, the Blight, money, <emp>and abuses</emp>.
161	6263297	
162	6263299	Well I'm no mage, I'm no Warden, and <emp>you didn't need me</emp>. But there was one thing I thought I <emp>could</emp> do.
163	6263300	
164	6263302	Father believed in a templar. Why can't I?
165	6263304	
166	6263303	For more than me. And <emp>you</emp>.
167	6263306	
168	6263308	I have to go, Sister. <emp>Duty</emp> calls.
169	6263309	
170	6263311	I have to go, Brother. <emp>Duty</emp> calls.
171	6263312	
172	6263191	Blood magic on top of leaving the Amell name. No wonder he kept it secret. Still, to do all that...
173	6264684	You never liked that he spent so much time with Bethany and I, but it wasn't all bad.
174	6264686	He started training me too, best he could. Then I picked up some things from those soldiers who came through.
175	6264687	
176	6264689	Remember when I beat him? Took the blade clean away.
177	6264690	
178	6264692	He was holding back.
179	6264693	
180	6264695	On magic? Sure, but not the blade. After that... well, he knew I could handle the house while he was off with you two.
181	6264696	
182	6264508	Another way you take after him, if I remember correctly.
183	6264509	I suppose I see why he was so concerned.
184	6264523	I've had enough of this, that's for certain.
185	6264525	I couldn't agree more.
186	6264526	
187	6263194	Some people might have judged him too harshly.
188	6263242	I suppose the best thing to say is that it prepared Mother for life with us.
189	6263243	
190	6264533	You know, I don't think we had it that bad. For a while. A short while.
191	6264535	I think I blinked and missed it.
192	6264536	
193	6264538	So back to the way things are.
194	6264539	
195	6264541	Seems that way.
196	6264542	
197	6264544	Right.
198	6264545	
199	6264547	Sister... <desc>Sighs</desc> Never mind.
200	6264548	
201	6264550	Brother... <desc>Sighs</desc> Never mind.
202	6264551	
203	6264553	
204	6264554	
205	6264559	I think... I think it'll be all right, you know? Not real <emp>soon</emp>, mind you.
206	6264560	
207	6264562	<desc>Laughs</desc> I suppose it will. Not real soon.
208	6264563	
209	6264565	Take care, Sister.
210	6264566	
211	6264568	Take care, Brother.
212	6264569	
213	6263209	It's amazing how the past haunts us. All this hardship because of what happened so many years ago.
214	6263376	
215	6263375	I can't believe that he did this. All this because of what happened so many years ago.
216	6263314	
217	6263316	Did Father think it was worth it? He certainly knew it was too shameful to mention.
218	6263321	
219	6263323	He was wise not to share it with Mother. Or any non-mage.
220	6263346	This was about finding a new life, not keeping secrets to his own "kind."
221	6263378	Maybe. But I see so much of him in what I'm learning now. It makes me wonder what he truly wanted.
222	6263379	
223	6263381	It certainly makes me wonder what I want. I don't expect you to understand.
224	6263700	
225	6263702	
226	6263703	
227	6263324	That was a big risk to take without Mother's consent. Tempting the Blight is apparently a theme for our family.
228	6263325	
229	6263327	One glorious day, we'll learn to leave well enough alone.
230	6264571	It gets harder every year to remember what Father was like.
231	6264573	I thought he knew everything.
232	6264574	
233	6264588	You know, as much as he had to spend time training me, he was so proud of you and Carver.
234	6264589	
235	6264591	His little soldiers.
236	6264592	
237	6264594	His scoundrel and his soldier.
238	6264595	
239	6264597	He'd still be proud, even after all this.
240	6264598	What he'd think now, I don't know.
241	6263328	Look, I know it's been hard, but would you really rather be dead?
242	6263330	You <emp>don't</emp> know. And if the Maker has mercy, you never will.
243	6263331	
244	6263333	I have to go, Sister. Give everyone my best.
245	6263334	
246	6263336	I have to go, Brother. Give everyone my best.
247	6263337	
248	6263201	
249	6263202	
250	6263204	You know Malcolm wouldn't want you two to fight. He sacrificed so we'd have a life free to choose, not always agree.
251	6263236	
252	6263238	His burden must have been very like yours.
253	6263886	
254	6263889	
255	6263891	You two... fighting just makes it harder to see what we have. Malcolm risked so much. We shouldn't waste the chances he gave us.
256	6263892	
257	6269593	
258	6264599	I'd have loved to talk to Mother about this. About Father.
259	6264601	I still can't believe she's gone.
260	6264602	
261	6263339	He did what he had to, just like all of us.
262	6263382	And I owe him so much. Both him and Mother.
263	6263383	
264	6263385	I wish...
265	6263386	
266	6263388	Well, it doesn't matter what I wish.
267	6263389	
268	6263391	Take care, Sister.
269	6263392	
270	6263394	Take care, Brother.
271	6263395	
272	6263397	Well, perhaps it doesn't matter.
273	6263398	
274	6263341	The alternative being quiet lives as maids and stableboys.
275	6263350	An idea not without charm.
276	6263351	
277	6263353	But you're right, being "normal" would have required wholly different parents, and I wouldn't want that.
278	6263354	
279	6263356	
280	6263357	
281	6263359	Some things, however... Goodbye, Sister.
282	6263360	
283	6263362	Some things, however... Goodbye, Brother.
284	6263363	
285	6263365	Thank you for taking care of everything, Sister.
286	6263366	
287	6263368	Thank you for taking care of everything, Brother.
288	6263369	
289	6263251	
290	6263252	
291	6263254	Malcolm would be happy you two aren't at each other's throats. Not all the time.
292	6263255	
293	6263257	He sacrificed so we would have a life free to choose. It must have been a terrible burden.
294	6263258	
295	6263260	Much like the burden you've assumed.
296	6263133	I bust my tail, and for what? We deserve better. You deserved better.
297	6263135	You know, your father got angry like that. He had doubts, but he was always moving forward.
298	6263136	
299	6263148	I do what I can. Sometimes it doesn't seem like enough.
300	6263150	You know, your father tried to help people the same way. Tried to fix trouble he saw in others.
301	6263168	
302	6263151	That's me, banging my head against the walls of tyranny.
303	6263153	You know, your father was the same way. Taming the shadows with questionable wit.
304	6263170	
305	6263138	The best of him is still with you. The best of all of us. It's what makes you try so hard.
306	6263139	
307	6263141	You will always have that. We will always be family.
308	6263142	
309	6263282	It'll be all right.
310	6263145	
311	6263147	
312	6263705	
313	6263887	
314	6263894	
315	6263896	You are not so different. Not beneath. I see so much of Malcolm in you both.
316	6263897	
317	6263899	Apparently even in my dotage I know him better now than I did at the time.
318	6263900	
319	6263838	He kept so many secrets. I may have been willfully blind.
320	6263839	How did you even meet? A Fereldan apostate and Kirkwall elite?
321	6263841	Mages were sometimes called to perform at the Viscount's functions. Malcolm was not what I pictured.
322	6263842	
323	6263844	Young, strong, never considered himself anything but the equal of every man.
324	6263845	
325	6263847	So earnest, like he really cared about everything he said.
326	6263848	
327	6263850	Such a wit. Never had a straight answer for anything, but... so alive.
328	6263851	
329	6263853	Very like you. But it was so long ago.
330	6263854	
331	6263856	We have a new life, and we must think of tomorrow. Malcolm gave us that.
332	6263857	He created the problem, so he accepted the risk to fix it.
333	6263859	My father would have hated Malcolm, whether a mage or not.
334	6263860	
335	6263862	It's hard to think of how much we've lost.
336	6263864	Sometimes. But look at what you've done for us. Malcolm gave us the chance, but you're the one who brought us where we are.
337	6263865	
338	6263867	And your brother and sister, they wouldn't want us to dwell. I've done enough of that.
339	6263868	
340	6263902	We all know that, even if we sometimes linger in a moment that is better forgotten. I've done enough of that.
341	6263903	
342	6263870	We are blessed and should live as such. As much as we can choose to.
343	6263905	
344	6263871	He made do with what was at hand. Frighteningly at hand, but still....
345	6263873	He was never one to let the scale of a problem defeat him. He met such things point for point.
346	6263874	
347	6263876	An horrific victory, I think he'd say. With much greater command of the phrase.
348	6263877	
349	6263879	Oh, those days. All of us, in that simple place.
350	6263880	
351	6263882	Well, that's neither here nor there, is it? This life, we have to make the best of it.
352	6263883	
353	6263885	And thanks to him, and you, I will.
354	6263918	
355	6253205	
356	6253206	
357	6253208	I wonder if anyone would believe this if I told them...
358	6253209	
359	6253210	
360	6253212	Back to business. This expedition isn't going to fund itself...
361	6253213	Things to do, people to meet...
362	6253214	I wonder if anything in Kirkwall blew up while I was gone...
363	6253215	I can't go out there. They're looking for me...
