It's enough, and Lavellan nods before continuing. "It was created, an artificial barrier made for a purpose. But it came with unintended consequences -- the Elven empire which existed at the time relied on the free access to magic, as did the immortality of the elves. Without it, Arlathan crumpled and the elves fell to sickness and old age."

A myth, once. One she knows is true now -- but it wasn't the humans that brought about their destruction. Just one of their own, desperate and driven by grief and rage.