Northstar Vale drenched Mads, tear in eyes Mads, drinking hard Mads, naked Mads in freeze

It was not the type of answer that Andromaque was expecting -- once upon a time. So she did have children, Andromaque assumed, and they were either dead or might as well be. Estranged family, perhaps. She figured it was best not to press for answers no matter how badly she wanted them to be spoken.

"Do you have anyone in mind?" Andromaque found the words had left her maw before she had even thought them -- a simple question, but she didn't know if it was appropriate or not. Andromaque had no idea how close Andraste considered them to be. "And the herds will return, I'm sure -- if not, I can help organize hunting parties to go outside the Vale," she offered, trying to make herself useful.