[she would be greatly disappointed to hear that and resolve to try even harder. when it was time to face the Archdemon, it was her, Alistair, and two mages, one an apostate. as skilled at fighting as everyone else were, she didn't trust them to have her back as much as she did Wynne and Morrigan.

she knows nothing of the years to come]

Then I promise that the King and Queen of Ferelden will do what they can to help. [she feels that Alistair will be easy enough to convince. he, too, loved Wynne as a mother and he'd chafed at his Templar duties in the past. in fact, it was his unsuitability for those duties that had led him to become a Grey Warden]

My father and mother taught me well. And Alistair is terribly heroic. [slowly] And he does enjoy cheese, though not to distraction. He also enjoys cats, though that's best not spoken of in high Ferelden society.