#amell evidently shoots herself in the foot by talking to irving about the suspicions; rejects the deal; and runs off to help him

[vstiges]

@thxwarden | sc.

              ❝  Look,  Viri. I  need  to  tell  you  something. About  what  happened  back  in  the  tower. ❞      Blood  magic, Jowan’s  escape,  getting kicked out of the Circle, and Duncan’s intervention---Despite it all a gripping guilt gathers in the pit of her gut, clawing away at her since they left. Digits play aimlessly together by the middle of her waist, thumbs balancing against one another.  She swallows, hesitating to pick up where she left off.             ❝  I  spoke  to  Irving  about  Jowan  and  his  Harrowing  before  we  went  into  the repository.  I--I ...  Didn’t  believe  he’d  set  a  trap for us.  ❞    And she still couldn’t! Irving, he knew all of them since they were brought to the Circle as children. For Andraste’s sake, how could he? How dare he! No better than Greagoir, if those parting words were anything to be believed.