I was on my way to the war room, through the stone chambers and hallway still in need of repairs. As I touched the door handle I felt a breeze blow past me. A breeze that felt only like a mane. I noticed Cullen then, trying to compose himself. He gave me a shy smile, still the kind man that helped me through it all. Still the man that graciously bowed out when I had chosen Solas over him. Solas.
Even thinking the world conjured images of him dancing through my mind. Times of him laughing, smiling, pride on his face. The moment I had called him a sweet talker. The moment he asked me to dance. These images were then followed by those of grief and guilt. The moment he scolded me for drinking from the well. The moment he said he was sorry. When he left me emotionally and physically. Vhenan.
I shook off these thoughts, they wouldn't help me now. He was two years gone. I needed to continue to use my indomitable focus on the inquisition. The organization that kept me, even after Corypheus had fallen. Cullen, faced me, surrounded by Josephine, Cassandra, and Leliana. He cleared his throat, finally gaining my attention, he continued.
"We have some news of a rebellion in the Nor-"
A scream broke around me. One that I hadn't heard in two years. This scream was pure pain, and it took me a moment to realize that it had escaped from my lips. Shudders racked through my body as I felt waves of nausea run through me. Thoughts began to spring around in my head. This couldn't be happening. The last time I had felt this pain was before the orb was broken. Two years ago.
Was it Him? Was it Solas? Was he near? No. The pain vanished when the orb cracked open, even though I tried to console him. It was the orb.
How could it have been fixed? Did Solas fix it? How could Solas have done that? He wouldn't have had the power. He must have found the god it belonged to. But I thought all the gods had be locked away. All except Mythal.
All these thoughts kept bouncing through my mind in a parade. Not a singular thought taking hold above any other, until only one thought remained. As much as it pained me, I needed to go to him. I needed to see Solas.