[Now that he's said this much, he can hardly put a cork in the abomination talk now. In a way, he feels like he needs to fill in the blanks. Explain Justice's plight. Tell his own side of the story. If Alistair's going to hear tales of Anders doing shady things in Kirkwall from the others, he might as well know all of it.
Anders' infernally optimistic side that never quite gives up after being slapped down wants to believe his side is worth more than the word of some templar and an elf that seems like he chew nails for breakfast, but the realistic side of him worries how Alistair will react. It'd be a shame to lose Alistair's company now.]
Promise to keep an open mind?
[Turning his head, Anders gives a small, humored smile. Tentative.]
This is going to sound like I was burying the lead, but I swear I didn't know it would come up. [Or he'd hoped it wouldn't.] The thing is, I have this friend... Justice. He's a spirit. Not the cuddliest spirit around, but not a demon, either--he's one of the good ones.
[Anders is adamant on that--Justice has proved his virtues on more than one occasion.]
He wound up being pulled out of the Fade during a Warden investigation and trapped inside the body of a deceased Warden we'd been looking for. Ever since then, he's been travelling with us for lack of anything better to do.
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Anders' infernally optimistic side that never quite gives up after being slapped down wants to believe his side is worth more than the word of some templar and an elf that seems like he chew nails for breakfast, but the realistic side of him worries how Alistair will react. It'd be a shame to lose Alistair's company now.]
Promise to keep an open mind?
[Turning his head, Anders gives a small, humored smile. Tentative.]
This is going to sound like I was burying the lead, but I swear I didn't know it would come up. [Or he'd hoped it wouldn't.] The thing is, I have this friend... Justice. He's a spirit. Not the cuddliest spirit around, but not a demon, either--he's one of the good ones.
[Anders is adamant on that--Justice has proved his virtues on more than one occasion.]
He wound up being pulled out of the Fade during a Warden investigation and trapped inside the body of a deceased Warden we'd been looking for. Ever since then, he's been travelling with us for lack of anything better to do.