Pieces of this are familiar enough, fragments of attainable information, if supported through assumptions being proven incorrect. That Nascere must not have merely been some strategic location. That it had been so central and occupying to the thoughts of these two.

A haven is one thing. A beginning is something else.

Not every mage felt like the negotiations at Redcliffe were the end of their own beginning. Many could see it as an opportunity. They weren't wrong to. It's been years, and this is the first time Marcus has seen the insides of a Circle, besides the Gallows themselves. But then again, here he is. Here they are all are.

"I'm sorry," he says, first. Aware, that while they've found a pocket of space and time to speak privately, it's hardly a quiet stretch of road or a corner of a tavern, and any number of individuals might try to take an opportunity to join them. (At least, Marcus has found, that he acts as something of a repelling presence for those of the Loyalists' faction.)

Still, curiousity is even clearer and brighter than condolences, and so he is moved to add, "I'd like to know more Nascere. What it would have begun."