Truth be told, Hawke would sooner kill Zevran than let him touch Merrill, and she knew Fenris would rather jump off a cliff than get involved with anything even remotely magical... why did most of the elves in this universe have to be special?
"I think Anders is confused. In his universe, he was with that male me, so... the issue of children obviously didn't have a reason to come up," it was still very weird to think of. And confusing. "Must've never crossed his mind, even after coming here."