Well, after the... incident at Kinloch Hold, the First Enchanter agreed to the request. She still can't practice actual magic, of course, but she wanted to study magical theory and wasn't allowed to do so by her father. She gave up her caste for the experience; I think the First Enchanter could see how important it was to her.
[ It should have been clear to everyone, Robyn thinks, how strongly Dagna had wanted to study within the Circle. What she'd said about it had been impressive, too; the dwarf obviously had been considering it for a long time and hadn't just produced the idea on a whim. ]
Wardens do do what is needed, but they can do it in ways that don't hurt the innocent. It needn't be one or the other.
[ As Alistair said, a Grey Warden could still be decent and human and still stop the darkspawn. Insisting otherwise seems more like taking the easy way out than anything.
Robyn follows him through the trees, listening with a slight frown. ]
Of course you were a mess- Maker's breath, Alistair, we both were. We'd almost died on that tower, and we would have, if Morrigan's mother hadn't stepped in. After that, and after Duncan-
[ She cuts off, though she's still walking alongside him. After a few seconds' consideration, she picks up: ]
I can only guess that his situation was the same; do you know how Aedan was able to escape what happened at Highever? How I was able to survive it, too?
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[ It should have been clear to everyone, Robyn thinks, how strongly Dagna had wanted to study within the Circle. What she'd said about it had been impressive, too; the dwarf obviously had been considering it for a long time and hadn't just produced the idea on a whim. ]
Wardens do do what is needed, but they can do it in ways that don't hurt the innocent. It needn't be one or the other.
[ As Alistair said, a Grey Warden could still be decent and human and still stop the darkspawn. Insisting otherwise seems more like taking the easy way out than anything.
Robyn follows him through the trees, listening with a slight frown. ]
Of course you were a mess- Maker's breath, Alistair, we both were. We'd almost died on that tower, and we would have, if Morrigan's mother hadn't stepped in. After that, and after Duncan-
[ She cuts off, though she's still walking alongside him. After a few seconds' consideration, she picks up: ]
I can only guess that his situation was the same; do you know how Aedan was able to escape what happened at Highever? How I was able to survive it, too?