Anders isn't happy to be back, not really. It's only marginally better than finding himself waking up in the Circle again.
His time back in Kirkwall refreshed the feeling of disdain he had for the city; the still-unknown They who run Isola didn't deign to remove his memories this time, and that made it all the more obvious that his time away had blunted the worst parts of Kirkwall into something more tolerable. His first night back in Darktown was a stark reminder.
Magic isn't feared here, he reminds himself. You have allies here.
Or did.
There's no guarantee that any of the people he met last time are still around, is there?
Anders takes off for Zevran's apartment, and tries not to wonder why that direction is the first he pursues.
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