And that ends it. Nathaniel can't be angry when Anders looks like that. He moves in and wraps his arms around him as tight as he can.
Some things aren't Anders' fault. That he still has this reaction every time it's between him and a Templar, it only means Nathaniel has to speak that much louder.
"I told that boy what Meredith did that night," he says softly. "I told him she was the reason I had to put my sister and my nephew on a boat before I went to help. I told the Knight-Commander that he was a fool for thinking the Inquisition would come down fairly, and that he had risked your life making his empty threats. I told them you've been nothing but mature and forthcoming about all of this. You even told us that the boy only threatened to kill you if you touched him. All of this, this trying to be fair, it was for you. If I was fair and halfway impartial, it would show I wasn't clouded by sentiment. And now it's over. It's done, and neither of you has to deal with the other again. And nobody can say we didn't deal with it fairly and decisively. Nobody has any excuse to reopen the case just so they can get to you. It's done."
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Some things aren't Anders' fault. That he still has this reaction every time it's between him and a Templar, it only means Nathaniel has to speak that much louder.
"I told that boy what Meredith did that night," he says softly. "I told him she was the reason I had to put my sister and my nephew on a boat before I went to help. I told the Knight-Commander that he was a fool for thinking the Inquisition would come down fairly, and that he had risked your life making his empty threats. I told them you've been nothing but mature and forthcoming about all of this. You even told us that the boy only threatened to kill you if you touched him. All of this, this trying to be fair, it was for you. If I was fair and halfway impartial, it would show I wasn't clouded by sentiment. And now it's over. It's done, and neither of you has to deal with the other again. And nobody can say we didn't deal with it fairly and decisively. Nobody has any excuse to reopen the case just so they can get to you. It's done."