"What is a Duster?"

"Casteless dwarf." The woman leans back into the house behind her, cuddling the baby close. "My noble family has thrown me out."

Blaze grimaces.

"They said I could come back if I- if I-" The woman starts to sob, just a little.

"Whatever it is, it's not worth it, I promise you."

"If I killed my baby."

"-No. That's- why would they- That's not right!"

"It's how things are," the woman says, pulling her son closer. "It's that or Dust town, and I won't kill my child. He can't help who his father was."

"Hmm. And who are these nobles who would have you commit a terrible crime? More importantly, how do I find them?"

He spins a knife around his fingers.

"They need to pay," Blaze agrees quietly.

"No! No, don't kill them, they-"

"Don't defend them. They don't deserve you, or your son."

He stands. "Besides, we kill them, you get to be head of the house, yes?"

"If you kill them so publicly, you'll be thrown out from Orzammar. I won't have you risk whatever you're here for, for me."

"...I think you underestimate Zevran's skill."

"Please. I don't need you to avenge me. I'm...I'll be fine."

"What sort of life is your son going to have, if you have to stay here?"

Blaze doesn't know the words to say, to try and convince the woman to accept this help. Rests a hand on her stomach and looks down.

The woman notices, and bites her lip. 

"What would you do? If your family had you make a choice like this?"

"...I would want to be able to give my child as much security as possible. I would want the people who cast me out to pay."

(It's not true, not entirely, but it is, for now, the truth she can tell.)

Zevran smiles at her, so proud of that statement.

The woman looks at Blaze, and looks herself like she's on the verge of tears. 

"The tavern. In the Diamond Quarter. My father is usually there."

"All right. We'll go visit him. In the meantime, we will take you to the inn we're staying in. You can rest in our rooms."

Blaze relaxes a little, now that they've convinced the woman to let them help.

The woman accepts Zevran's hand up, and they escort her back to the inn. 

Once she and the baby are settled with food and water, Zevran gets directions to the Diamond Quarter, and starts heading up, arm linked through Blaze's.

She leans into him a little.