"If only I hadn't led Hawke to that carta fortress, there might not have been an Elder One in the first place," Varric replies, voice lifting to be heard over the howl of the wind. Even with the real, current Asa moving at a speed meant to keep pace with her weary and injured counterpart, he has to hustle a little to keep up through the drifting snow.

"There are probably a few hundred places where things could have turned out differently if someone had picked up on some clue that only seems obvious because we know the answer. Taking the demon-spitting hole in the sky more seriously than yet another wacky cult was the reasonable choice."