[He doesn't want that to be true. But it's such a familiar argument, he can't help the way it makes his stomach sink. Can you cure a beheading? In Thedas, everything he's saying would be ludicrous, impossible, a waste of breath and time. If this turned out to be the same way, after all this, he doesn't know what he'd do. Another world with people like his, with abuses like his, might be too much to consider.]

I don't believe that. Things can be learned. They can be unlearned. Today proves that it's at least possible, you can't tell me that's not true.

What harm is there in trying? If I'm wrong, then— [something in his expression cracks] I'm wrong. You can tell me "I told you so" as much as you like.