Not
again.
I was hardly close to most mages I knew, by any means, but Kirkwall was hard enough. I know what's going to happen if this isn't stopped, and I am resolved enough, I suppose, to what I have to do. But I...
These ARE friends. And some are family.
Why is it always ME? It's a bitter end we've come to, isn't it?
If it's to be done, then Maker let me do it well, at least. Let me not cause them any further pain for something they cannot CONTROL.
Blessed are they who stand before the corrupt and the wicked and do not falterWould those of you who pray help me find the strength to see things through as I prepare to take the lives that have been made forfeit?