"It would have been a risk to everything I wanted to do then." Something she must know. If he had told her when the temptation had struck him, when his heart had been swayed--

Well. There was a small chance they would not be having this conversation, for one reason or another. He had robbed her of the right to choose by withholding information from her, but he had no other choice if he wanted to continue on his path. After all his mistakes, this was the one matter he would not fail on.

He shakes his head. "I learned long ago the Dalish were disinterested in learning the truth. They were too comfortable wrapped in what little they held."