The Amell Legacy: Transgressions

[Haliel Lightsong]

''I'm sorry, what?'' Lightsong asks, voice still gentle and kind but now having a layer of steel underneath.

[Marian Hawke]

Marian bites her lower lip, looking between Varric and Helene, clearly worried. 

[Helene Dakesh]

Helene stares up at Varric, frowning, clearly disagreeing but not saying a word. After a moment, she stabs a finger at Marian.

[Marian Hawke]

Marian takes a deep, shuddering breath. "Alright. Uh, this one will return to the facility to complete the course of treatment. This one has undergone such treatment before, multiple times, with successful results. This one is eager to finish the treatment and return to scholarship. Please understand that this one is in a fragile state due to interruption of treatment and cannot speak."

[Varric]

''What they were doing is not treatment. They were using torturing to carve away bits of you that they didn't like. You know what they were doing is wrong, otherwise you wouldn't have tried to protect me from them. Wouldn't have tried to warn me.''

[Marian Hawke]

"But... she can't speak," says Marian, hesitantly. "And she says going back will fix that?"

[Varric]

''She can't speak because that sick fuck was-'' Varric takes a deep breath. ''She could speak just fine near the start of my imprisonment. She got worse and worse the longer she was there.''

[Haliel Lightsong]

''I think perhaps I would very much like to hear the entirely of this story,'' the aasimar requests politely, fist trembling at her side.

[Varric]

The dwarf pauses, frowning. ''...who are you exactly?''

[Marian Hawke]

"Was what?" asks Marian in a whisper. "What happened, Master?"

[Helene Dakesh]

Helene takes a deep breath, and begins writing once more.

[Haliel Lightsong]

''I am Dame Ray Lightsong, Beloved of Bastion and Knight Formis of the Order of the Waters Most Merciful,'' the paladin says softly, eyes flicking to Marian with a faint look of regret. 

[Varric]

''Uh. That's... not what I was expecting,'' Varric allows.

[Marian Hawke]

Marian blinks. "...That's a mouthful," she admits. 

[Haliel Lightsong]

''...that was the short version,'' she mumbles, then clears her throat. ''But regardless, I need to hear this entire story. This is clearly something I must follow up on.''