The End of A Journey

"It is not my role to eradicate. It is my burden to guide those sunken in darkness into the light. That is my own Eightfold Noble Path – Andraste, what you are about to experience is the termination of all darkness in your heart. Are you prepared?" 

"..." 

Andraste remained silent, uncaring for the young man's words as he watched his own blood trickle down onto the neat stone below. 

"Don't shield your eyes from your own past." 

"--!"

–It was as those words came out, that the knight's mind was captured by something; an awakening force that conjured memories buried deep within–forcing him to witness them all at once, simultaneously, yet meticulously and in-depth, as if experiencing them for the very first time. 

"What…is this?!" He stammered out. 

As if a key switched a lock, so tightly sealed, within his heart; the past which felt distant from himself, once more became precious. 

"That is the past you abandoned, Andraste."