"Well… that's enough adventures for one day."

Alex sighed in relief as she bent over, still a little dizzy from the effects of the Well, with Cassandra, Sera and Solas panting behind her as they looked around the Crossroads. The Seeker helped her up, and assisted her as she put her overcoat again, glad that it was slightly dry and warm compared to the frigid waters of the Well a moment ago. Morrigan was looking around, trying to find her own eluvian, her face still furious at her decision at drinking from the Well. She straightened, looking at the witch, "So… where's your eluvian, Morrigan?"

The woman pointed to the left, and they started walking, with Solas and Morrigan still visibly upset, while Sera was clinging on to Alex, both as a support and for comfort, as the place made her feel wrong and she grew fearful. Cassandra, in the meantime, was looking around, taking in the strange surroundings and looking at the various eluvians.

"All these mirrors…" The Seeker said, "They are like the eluvian in Skyhold then?"

"They are." Morrigan told her, "This place is a Crossroads, the place where all eluvians meet. The ones you that have grown dark are the ones that have shattered, broken or were corrupted."

"This place feels wrong." Cassandra said again, "We must return to Skyhold as soon as possible."

"You must send a raven as soon as we get there, Cassandra." Alex told her, "Tell Cullen and the others that we are back, and tell them what has transpired in the temple. I don't think Corypheus followed us, but they must be informed."

"It is most likely that the magister is still alive." Solas said, finally breaking his silence, "With the Well and the eluvian gone from his grasp, he may look for another alternative into his quest to find a way into the Fade."

"Are there any more eluvians, Morrigan?" She asked the witch, who frowned when she looked at her, before speaking, "There are, Inquisitor, but as what we've learned about in the Temple of Mythal, they are elusive, and hard to find. Perhaps there are more of the mirrors in the east, but I doubt that he will travel that far for such a mirror." She scowled as she looked at Alex, "It is also more likely that he will come after you again, now that you have stolen two of what he wished to possess to enter the Fade… the Anchor and the wisdom of the Well."

"Let him come." Alex said angrily, "And I will end him once and for all."

"We still have to deal with the magister's dragon, Inquisitor." Morrigan said again, "You cannot hope to defeat him until you have killed his dragon first. The Well should have given you a way to kill it."

"We cannot plan anything yet, I need to speak with my Advisors." Alex said, and Morrigan huffed in impatience, "You should have let me drank from the well."

"Oh, really? Just as Solona had let you lie with the man she loved just to save her?" Alex retorted, and Morrigan's eyes widened in shock and anger.

"I did it with Alistair to save them from their fate, yes!" Morrigan almost shouted out and they stopped walking as Alex rounded on her, "Killing the Archdemon would have killed one of them! Solona allowed me to do so because she was afraid to lose that buffoon, and what they had!"

"She allowed it, and you left her!" Alex shouted back, "You didn't even apologize to her! Did you think it was easy for her to know that just beyond her room was the man she loved, creating a child that she could not give him, even if she tried? She trusted you, Morrigan, she considered you her friend!"

"And as much as it shocked me to think of her as such, she IS my friend!" Morrigan shouted back, their voices now echoing through the Crossroads, "She agreed when I told her that I would leave her side to raise the child alone! I did what I had to do to save her! I couldn't let her die… let her bravery fade into nothing, without doing something to save her! The ritual with Alistair… the ritual that led to the creation of Kieran, it was the only way I could take her away from death, even if I was disgusted with that fool of a Warden! You did not know what I had to sacrifice to save her, myself and my son just to keep them safe!"

"Sacrifice?! HA!" Alex laughed sarcastically, "The only sacrifice you had to do was to spread your legs open to create a bastard!"

A resounding smack echoed through the Crossroads as Morrigan drew out her hand and slapped Alex harshly on her cheek, stinging her painfully and marking her cheek red as Solas, Cassandra and Sera looked in shock at the witch, her hand still raised, her face red with fury. "You will NOT insult my son, Inquisitor." Morrigan glared at her for a few moments as Alex cradled her face in her hand where the blow had landed, before she lowered her hand with a sigh.

"You… were not there, Alex." She said finally, calming herself down, "I know… I know you wished your sister did not endure what she had to, during the Fifth Blight. And you were right… I did not apologize to her that night. But I did when she was with us in Skyhold. I know that I hurt her, and I regret that I did not tell her sooner of how sorry I was. At that time… I was more focused in saving her… of saving myself. But the years have passed, and I hoped that I had grown wiser, so when the opportunity presented itself when she came to Skyhold, I spoke to her, and I apologized deeply." The witch sighed heavily, "I know that one of the reasons you took the Well's wisdom upon yourself is because you do not think that you could trust me. In truth, I know that your sister did not trust me herself. But… she was one of the first people who… helped me, and I consider her one of my most treasured friends. Doubt me and my motives, perhaps, but do not doubt my friendship with your sister."

All of them silenced as the witch stopped speaking, and soon Morrigan sighed, "Come. Perhaps we're just tired from our journey in the Temple. 'Tis best that we return to Skyhold and gather our wits."

Morrigan led the way, with Solas and Sera trailing behind her, and Cassandra put a hand gently at Alex's shoulder to make her walk, but she stopped when the girl said, "Wait."

They looked back to see Alex had lowered her hand, the mark still visible on her cheek, but her eyes looked ashamed, "I… I'm sorry, Morrigan. I shouldn't have said that. That was undeniably mean of me. Kieran is a good lad, I can see that. You raised him well. It's just…it's just I don't know what's going on anymore. I know that we're here to defeat Corypheus. But I'm getting confused."

" 'Tis unavoidable, I'm afraid." Morrigan told her as she walked back towards Alex, "There are many wonders in this world that are lost, and we fumble in our way to understand it all. In truth, as we have witnessed in the Temple, I am… not as all-knowing as I wanted to be." Alex smiled a little, and Morrigan raised a hand, trailing her finger against Alex's cheek, healing the mark she had laid on it. "Perhaps we could make a trade then? You will accept my sincerest apologies for my transgressions, and for your distrust in me, and I, in return, shall try to impart with you as much of my knowledge I can give you. Do we have an accord?"

Alex blinked in surprise as the woman held out her hand, and she smiled a little before taking it in a handshake, "We do. Thank you, Lady Morrigan."

" 'Tis done then." The witch said, before smirking, "Now come, my eluvian is close by."

They had started walking again, but Alex looked back when she realized that Solas had remained there he stood, looking at one particular eluvian, darkened but not completely black, with two dragon statues at either side of it. She tugged at his sleeve, making him snap back to reality and look at her, "Is something wrong, Solas?"

"No." The elf told her little too curtly, before turning and walking with their companions towards Morrigan's eluvian. Alex looked up at the eluvian Solas was staring at, and as she looked at it intently, she heard the voices from the well speak again, but they were inaudible. Finally she sighed, shaking her head, before turning around to follow Morrigan again.