"I know it's a long shot." Kaisa admits, rubbing her shoulder as she glances aside, a frown working across her face. "I didn't hear anything about a body, or a pyre, but I'm pretty sure they had massive pyres after the siege. Can't have a separate one for every single person." She's not positive about that, she wasn't there. But the logic holds, and gives her an excuse to hold out hope.

"But. I keep thinking." She glanced at Anders, her lips thinning into a line. "I'm sorry about your dad, Anders. You deserved better. But I mean, my dad wasn't perfect, but--I've always thought to myself. When my mom moved to Amaranthine, I had the option to stay with my dad. I didn't take it, I didn't want to be a human in an alienage, I wanted to be normal, I was tired of being the half-elf. If I hadn't been selfish, if I'd been there for him, I could've fought, I could've saved him."

She sighs, shaking her head. "It's pretty selfish of me. Wanting to not have to deal with that guilt anymore."