lots of leliana and kieran thoughts today…mainly concerning the first time she ever held him as a baby, after her and fem warden reunite with morrigan…she couldn’t believe that something so small and pure looking was a product of the ugliness that was the fifth blight, and carrying the soul of some ancient god she knew next to nothing of. she realizes everything she lost before the blight and all of the difficult choices made during led her to now, where she’s holding a tiny baby made by the two women she had come to love most. and it was most unexpected, but he is of no less value to her despite the events leading to his existence. i imagine initially after meeting him, she is always holding him while warden adjusts to the fact that she is a mother now (given her trauma post highever), happy to give morrigan a much needed break. he hardly knows the feeling of his bassinet since leliana insists on holding him so often. when warden comes around, she begins to hold and bond with him when he is awake and most happy, but when he gets tired or fussy she passes him right back to leli. leliana sings him the very few lullabies she remembers her own mother singing to her before her passing, and nothing or no one can soothe him as fast and leliana and her singing. morrigan and warden are near awestruck at the sweet & pure bond leli and kieran developed near-instantly. it was love at first sight.