The Amell Legacy: Transgressions

[Marian Hawke]

"Just... some tests that... Varric said I..."

Marian glances away, wiping at her eyes. "I'll explain later. I just, I want to be sure that... This is sounding like mental trauma and that can have an impact. That's all."

[NPCs]

The demigoddess cocks her head to the side. I could tell her that her faculties were deeply scrambled but repaired thanks to her love's efforts, as part of bringing her back... but she won't accept a simple declaration, even from one such as I. Oh well. "Do you have any more questions for me?" she asks in her cheerful voice instead.

[Marian Hawke]

"No, I-- I wouldn't know what to ask. Can I write you, later? If I think of more things?"

[NPCs]

"Well, you can just came to the Hall and ask for me," Minerva replies with a grin. "Even if I'm not around, I'll hear."

[Marian Hawke]

"Sure, sure..." What are we doing now? Staying here? Leaving? Splitting up? "Thank you, Minerva. I really appreciate your help."

[NPCs]

"No problem- it was kind of niee to get something other than a simple injury, poisoning or illness." Hopping off the bed, the demigoddess skips from the room. A moment later, her voice calls back, "oh! And bed rest until breakfast tomorrow!"

[Haliel Lightsong]

"How are you handling things?" Haliel asks quietly after the last echo fades.

[Marian Hawke]

"I-- this is a lot to take in, Haliel," she whispers. "I... I died? I might have brain damage?"

[Haliel Lightsong]

"I know. I'm sorry, I... I was... I was going to wait a while before I... told you about..." Haliel gestures weakly with her free hand.

[Marian Hawke]

"I'm sorry," she says, miserable. "This is my fault. I shouldn't have drank that brew. I knew it was untested, but.."

[Helene Dakesh]

Helene shakes nir head firmly. 

[Varric]

"If you hadn't... well, walk it back," Varric orders her. "If you had fought as best you could without it, what would have happened?"

[Marian Hawke]

"I.. I was out of bombs," she admits. "And the crossbow was barely getting through the thing's hide. Lightsong was fighting it up close, and Jassinth was firing arrows at it -- I didn't have many options prepared."

[Varric]

"So if you hadn't done it... Newboy said it was coming right at you." The implication, the end result of a dragon against a virtually unarmed Marian, is left unsaid. "You saved Shiny's life, she gave you yours back. Seems pretty fair to me. Kind of curious as to how though..."

[Marian Hawke]

"But I died anyway," she points out. "If I hadn't taken that experimental mutagen, I'd have maybe not damaged myself."