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Elissa,
Your letter was not nearly as reassuring as you clearly intended it to be. I know exactly what you’re trying to do. We both know it isn’t going to work. I understand if you don’t want to write about it, but we are going to talk about this.
In the case that you read this before talking to your advisors, Alistair and I are on our way to Skyhold ahead of the Fereldan forces assisting in the Wilds. I am sending this the day we leave, so we shouldn’t be too far behind it.
Please be careful. I trust you, and I know you can take care of yourself, but that doesn’t mean I don’t worry about you.
Aedan misses you and says he loves you. He wants to come with me, but I know it isn’t possible. He wrote letters for you, Lydia and Connor that I will bring with me.
I will see you soon. I love you, more than anything.
-T
Lissa,
You are the absolute worst liar in Thedas. You know three separate people have asked me about you and if you’re alright in the past two months? And that’s not even counting Teagan. Not to mention the several months it's been since I last heard from you, and you were having a constant panic attack at the time.
It’s been a long time since Haven. I wanted to give you space, because that’s what you usually want, but I’m not waiting anymore. You need to tell me when it gets this bad. That’s the agreement we made.
When we get to Skyhold, you and I need to talk. I’m not going to make you tell me what’s wrong, because if you don’t want to you won’t, and that’s fine. I don’t need to know the details. I just want to help, and I can’t do that if you hide everything. You are a stubborn, stubborn woman, but I can wait you out.
Unrelated - I don’t know what you did, but Eamon returned to Denerim from Skyhold and didn’t complain about you once . Either after a decade you finally agree on something, which I seriously doubt, or you did something. I do expect you to tell me about this . I thought about asking Connor, but considering how much time I spend around his parents, I can guess at what happened there. That doesn’t translate to how you are involved, though.
We’ll see you soon.
Alistair
Kadan
Had I known the full scope of this test I might have warned you. Nothing can be changed now. I know you will not understand why. You will have to take my word that this was not the intended outcome.
There will be no alliance but I will ensure we will not be enemies either. Despite what happened with your mercenary captain there is little sense in allowing Tevinter a foothold in the south out of spite. I say this in confidence solely to you and your Inquisition.
Try not to become involved in any more wars.
May our paths never cross on the battlefield. Asit tal-eb.