There’s a young boy loitering outside, wringing his fingers. 

"Hey?" Cia says gently, smiling softly at him.

He flinched, but relaxes a little when he sees ey aren’t going to hurt him. “I’m- I- Lirene asked me to b-bring a message?”

-That's never good. "What is it?" ey keeps eir voice gentle.

“She says th-that the Templars- that they’re going to raid Darktown- that someone got out la-last night and they won’t st-stop until they find them.”

-Shit. "Thank you," Cia says. "Wait-"

Ilska appears at eir side with an apple and a couple of coppers that she holds out to the boy.

The boy takes them nervously, and then bolts.

Cia pivots and hurries back into the clinic. "Dad, Templars are- they're gonna raid Darktown."

Blaise noticeably flinches, and the flames around the clinic surge and flicker anxiously.

"They're looking for me," Karl says. He doesn't sound scared at at all, but his look at Anders says that he's worried.

"We'll say you've been conscripted. That you're a Grey Warden now, they can't touch you," Anders grips Karl's hands in his own, tightly, like he could disappear.

"That wouldn't stop Meredith, love. We're-" Karl heaves a deep sigh. "We're going to have to run."

Raeli is on her feet. "We can head out to Sundermount," she suggests immediately. "They aren't going to follow us out that far. They'll likely think you died trying."

"I'm coming with you."

"And leave your patients? What about Ilska and Cia?"

"We'd be fine, but it would be pretty damn suspicious if we were on our own. I'm not that good a healer yet."

"We can all go together. I can come back for patients, I just-"

"I don't want to lose you either. But you need to stay here. I'll...I'll come back when I can."

"No, I can't- I won't-"

Blue starts flickering along his skin.

Cia steps closer to him, touches his elbow a little cautiously.

"No offence, Anders, but I can hide three better than six. Your disappearance will make them hunt further."

"It'll be easier to hide smaller numbers," Karl agrees with Rae. "Once the hunt dies down I'll come back and it'll be like I never left."

"I just got you back." Anders wraps himself around Karl.

"We'll bring him back safe," Raeli promises. "I doubt it'll be long."