[ He wouldn't leave without me is her first, instinctive response - and it's true, he wouldn't. If he know she was there. If he had half a chance of saving her.
But he doesn't know she's here, any more than she has any way of knowing if he's here or not. Maybe he isn't. Maybe he's back safe in their bed in Kirkwall, maybe he's still asleep and hasn't even realized she's missing. Maybe he is here and had done the smart thing and gotten his ass off the island the moment he could - Varric's always been good at taking care of himself.
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But he doesn't know she's here, any more than she has any way of knowing if he's here or not. Maybe he isn't. Maybe he's back safe in their bed in Kirkwall, maybe he's still asleep and hasn't even realized she's missing. Maybe he is here and had done the smart thing and gotten his ass off the island the moment he could - Varric's always been good at taking care of himself.
Maybe not.
Her voice is strangled, clearly conflicted. ]
What if he's - hurt, or trapped, or -