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[hawkethis]

But is it really still innocence when they see everything that's happened, and stand up to do nothing at all? [She nudges him.] That idea isn't mine though, I must have heard that somewhere...

[It couldn't be a manifesto. Surely not.]

[onetrackminds]

[He looks a little surprised at that.]

You actually read it. And you paid attention? [no one ever listens, it feels like, but--]

I don't think I can judge people for not doing anything. I never used to. [he sounds almost a little too sober as he says it.] And in that case, how do I know when I've gone too far?

[hawkethis]

Isn't that what the voice in your head is for? [It's not an entirely serious question, and she chuckles a bit as she asks it, but the mood soon shifts back to the serious solemnity the conversation calls for--she can be serious, sometimes.]

Anyway, isn't that the point? You learned, can't they? And going "too far" is really up to how you define that, isn't it? [So she's giving him quite a bit of leeway. Probably more than she should, and certainly more than most anyone who knows either of them would allow without disparaging comment. But she's slowly coming to realize that he has more of a point than the immediacy and shock of the situation had allowed for when it happened, and in trying to rationalize it to him, she's doing the same herself. It's an extreme measure to be sure; at least on that front they both agree. But is it actually wrong, or only seemingly wrong because of that extreme?

And what exactly does that say for Hawke for allowing it to happen? Does this make her an accomplice (even if it hasn't happened for Anders yet)? Was anyone in that Chantry actually "innocent"? Was it a necessary sacrifice?

She's not sure she can answer all that, or if she'll ever really be able to. But it's not something she's willing to fault Anders for in entirety; there had to have been some reason, some logic to it.]