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FORM: Sending crystal
SENDER: Korrin Ataash
RECIPIENT: Everyone
WHAT: Dammit, Anders.
WHEN: Slightly backdated, to after the big announcement. (Well, after she's destroyed some training dummies.)
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: Knowing Korrin, language. That's probably it, though. And because I'm lazy, this can also be an action log.

[To say that Korrin's upset at the revelation is a vast understatement, and though her tone is even over the sending crystal, it's a forced calm. Anyone who knows her is likely well-aware of the depths of her fury, though there's been enough ranting over the crystal lately. So instead:]

Anyone else having the powerful urge to drink and vent, you're welcome to join me at the tavern. I'm buying. And just to be clear, I'm not challenging a damn thing. I just want a fucking drink, that's all.

[No ranting over the sending crystal, but she is claiming the venting corner, Merrick. Be prepared.]

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You mean 'Thedas is fucked up' and I sure as hell can't disagree with that.

[Korrin shakes her head, a frustrated sigh escaping her.]

They can only be separated upon death, which means killing Anders would be doing the spirit within a favor. It would return to the Fade, and we wouldn't have to worry about it wreaking havoc on this side.

I suppose that's the best way of putting it. And I say this as someone who came from endless cycles of war wherein I repeatedly died and lost my memories, all while being forced to endlessly fight our enemies' forces. I still don't have all of my memories back of that war.

[Yep, that's right. The Gods' War = maybe less fucked up than Thedas, isn't that great?]

How unfortunate... and I'm sure he's not about to volunteer for that method anytime soon. I would have, in such a position, long ago. [But not everyone thinks about it in the same way, he knows, not everyone is so willing to mak that level of sacrifice.] Is he truly the only spirit-possessed walking among us? Is it so uncommon?

It fucking better be. One abomination at a time is bad enough; we sure as hell don't need another.

[Grimacing at the thought, Korrin signals for a refill.]

At least you understand, but I wouldn't expect that level of selflessness from him or anyone like him. Harboring a spirit probably warps their views anyway, making it hard to tell if it's the spirit acting or them or some unholy fusion. And honestly, that's as much as I care to know. Some lines just shouldn't be crossed, that among them.

When you have something else inside your head, the lines between the both of you are always blurred. That’s one of many things that makes it such a nightmare. You cannot tell whether or not you’re yourself anymore…

[Yes, refill please. Some part of Kain still rather… feels bad for Anders, as impossible as such a thing might seem. He just. He knows what that’s like. It’s the worst fate imaginable.]

I don’t know, I certainly wouldn’t consider myself selfless… but I couldn’t exist like that, ever. [He scowls darkly at the thought. Yes, Anders is giving him mixed feelings now, on one hand he’s got a very awful similarity, on the other, well, the way spirits and demons work in this world isn’t pleasant.] I’m glad to hear that spirit possession like this doesn’t happen a whole lot. I certainly hope not.

Just remember, you didn't ask for what happened to you. He did, Maker knows why. It's a significant difference, despite the other similarities.

[Korrin can't ignore that core issue, given how demons and spirits always seek to undermine a mages' will. That Anders must have been taught about that as well and yet threw those teachings away is baffling as it is enraging.]

I hope you won't have to see it up close. An abomination on a rampage isn't a pretty sight. I've seen the aftermath and there was...nothing left.

Different reasons... right... I'll try to keep that in mind.

[That certainly does make him feel perhaps a little bit better, realizing that as similar as the situations are, there are still differences. Even though they're both traitors, have both done horrible things... it's not the same. Kain never believed in Zemus and his awful plans, even as he'd served him against his will. But what about the darkness inside, the part of him that had been brought forth from that manipulation? Sigh. Best not to keep thinking these things.]

Power like that in the wrong hands... I can imagine. It sounds as if this whole matter won't end well, and it's only a matter of time.

[Korrin nods, her expression bleak. She can't see it ending in any other way but a slaughter.]

Then you'll understand why I ask you to be vigilant. When it happens, it'll be sudden. We need to be ready to act, and act decisively. Anything else puts even more lives at risk.

[Yes it could end really badly... he's appreciating now the full extent of the whole thing, why she's so upset.]

As if I ever drop my guard. [After all, you're talking to a man who refuses to get out of his armor.] Still, a threat from within is something to be especially wary of. I'll be prepared for whatever must be done.

[He thinks he'd be doing the guy a favor by putting him down if and when it's needed. It's what he'd want.]

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