I think it does. [ 'Happen wherever she came from,' anyway. Robyn is still frowning slightly, more considering everything he's said and giving it deep thought rather than angsting over the future woes of the Wardens. ] The Inquisitor seemed unwilling to tell me... something about the Wardens in his time. He may have mentioned it if I'd been involved, but he also said, at the time, I was - will be? - in the Deep Roads looking for a cure for the taint.

[ She shakes her head wearily. Though he'd claimed her to be the queen and Warden-Commander, off hunting for a way to save them from their ultimate and sad fates, Brennan couldn't say for sure that the Lady Cousland he'd heard from had been her, exactly.

Still. ]

There may yet be a silver lining, if we manage to find it. [ "We" and not "I," because she's never been an individualist. The Warden smiles faintly. ] I'm not sure what they all know of the Joining, but if all goes as planned, we won't need to conscript within Wonderland.

[ She's joking, though they don't exactly have the resources to put recruits through the process even if she wasn't. ]

Thank you, Carver. [ Robyn says finally, earnestly, looking to the other Warden. ] I can't imagine how difficult it was to recount for us, let alone to go through. And you didn't have to be honest about it, but you did.

[ He could have easily lied and said all was well for the future of the Grey Wardens, and unlikely as that would be, no one could exactly refute him. Not among their four, anyway. ]