"And the lives we saved? The contracts we enforced? What of the children in the tower? The Dalish and those cured of their Lupine curse?" If that had happened differently- he did not wish to hear it.

No, that would be a lie. He wanted to know how their paths diverged. What changed. What was done that couldn't be undone but- perhaps he could tell Alistair of a kinder variation of their victorious war. "What of you? Lost in the fade- why would you face a demon so large on your own? What would you hope to achieve, you are but one man with a shield and sword and you never mind your right flank."