There was this artifact, sort of like a pool. They called it Vir'Abelasan, and said it held the combined ancient wisdom of old Arlathan. They wanted to destroy it, to keep it out of the wrong hands, [a motivation that hardly needs explaining, he thinks, not to a fellow Dalish elf, however horrifying the loss itself.] But! But we— That is to say, all of us, convinced them not to.
They bottled it up, somehow, and brought it away with them. They said they'll answer questions! I wish you'd been there to see it, it was just the kind of thing you'd have loved... but I did make a drawing. It isn't the same.
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There was this artifact, sort of like a pool. They called it Vir'Abelasan, and said it held the combined ancient wisdom of old Arlathan. They wanted to destroy it, to keep it out of the wrong hands, [a motivation that hardly needs explaining, he thinks, not to a fellow Dalish elf, however horrifying the loss itself.] But! But we— That is to say, all of us, convinced them not to.
They bottled it up, somehow, and brought it away with them. They said they'll answer questions! I wish you'd been there to see it, it was just the kind of thing you'd have loved... but I did make a drawing. It isn't the same.