[He knows what her hand is reaching for, and the reminder of it helps. The worst of the story is out now, and it feels like the wound is bleeding fresh now that the arrow has been pulled out. This is the most detail he's ever told anyone; though it's all haunted him all these years, it has only felt half-real because he's never spoken of it--except in public, before strangers, in a Fereldan court. Rather than being healing like this, it had only seemed to push the arrow in deeper.]
The other Templar testified against Lutair during the trial. Took him back to the Order and told them everything. He wrote me about the sentencing in a less-than-discreet way that outed my identity to the Chantry. I think he just wanted to do one thing to absolve himself so he could put it from his mind, but at least he turned up. When I started dealing lyrium to get the Templars to protect me, he was never one of the ones who did.
tw: sexual and mental abuse
The other Templar testified against Lutair during the trial. Took him back to the Order and told them everything. He wrote me about the sentencing in a less-than-discreet way that outed my identity to the Chantry. I think he just wanted to do one thing to absolve himself so he could put it from his mind, but at least he turned up. When I started dealing lyrium to get the Templars to protect me, he was never one of the ones who did.