"I didn't think it would," Velanna replies, matter-of-fact for the most part, although it's a little disappointing. He'd lived with the demon inside him for years before he'd changed. She knows logically that deterioration is inevitable. She witnessed it with Anders, before he purged Justice from him, and she knows it's happening to her with Purpose. The mortal body is not meant to support a creature of the Fade. Still, she can hope for better for her friends than she hopes for herself.

"At least your condition hasn't worsened. A lesser mage would be dead by now." Yes that's a big compliment.