"Why?" she sobbed. It was the only thing she could think of. One of the soldiers looked down at her, sprawled at his feet. "Your father sold poisoned ...ine to the general. His life and property are forfeit. That includes you." He picked her up by one elbow and pulled her along. She stumbled behind him, knowing better than to resist. If it was true, there was nothing she could do. Even if it wasn't true, she had no recourse. She was a nobody; just a Gallic girl. The law was for Roman citizens,. We needed teachers for the kids to keep from losing our society. We had to get away from electronic data storage so we needed printers, book-binders and at least one printing press. We needed nurses and doctors.One team brought up the idea of natural refrigeration for our food. What was the physics behind an ice cave? Could we make one or two of our own? Hell, we could fake it with our technology, and initiating a thick frozen pond in a new cave with foamed rock for insulation would certainly. We needed to how you’d fit within that family. That of course includes your family and that means your son.”“But why should he be relevant?”“Well Peter and Simon were concerned about the fact that you are a single mother Jackie and, not only that but that your c***d has special needs. That’s going to put extra pressures on you regarding the job.”Jacqueline looked stubbornly defiant. “I can cope! I’ve done it before. I really need this job!”Daniela held up a hand. “Wait a minute Jackie. The. “Riordan...”“I was not meant to survive the battle. You said so yourself. Now, instead of a death that means something, trying to end the Blight, I will be forced to take my Calling and go alone into the Deep Roads. Once I take Anora to Nevarra and return to Jader with Loghain, I will be leaving for Orzammar almost immediately. My sanity will not last much longer, I am afraid. For some reason I fared better than Duncan, but I do not have long.”“Why don’t you let Dougal take Anora and Loghain,.