She would have liked you and Jack. Approved, even. [His voice twists into something lighter and sweeter. Feminine for a moment.]'Such lovely boys you've found, Gallo, and clever too! It figures it would take you two men to replace me but Mmmm...I bet the three of you make such a lovely picture together...'

[He trails off with a sigh, nosing the curve of Eguene's neck. Soothing himself with a slow inhalation. Warm skin and wool and whatever spice he'd used to cook dinner the night before.]

She never truly cared for Taliesin...I should have listened to her.

[Far too little, far too late.]

It was and it wasn't. In the dream I...we. We escaped the Crows. We were living in a small flat just by the ocean in Antiva and we had days to do nothing but make love, drink wine, and enjoy each other. Everything after the job in Ferelden had been nothing more than a bad dream. The Blight. The Warden. The Deep Roads and this place. I forgot it all.

[His fingers curl tight in Eugene's shirt, his voice dipping low, sweeping and thick with tears he could not shed.]

You and Jack. I forgot the both of you so very easily and I'm sorry. I did not mean to- I did not want to-