[ She wouldn't seek to find his corpse, first of all, which is no measure for her love for him or lack of. But if she had to, because she had to bring back Lavellan no matter that leaving behind the dead is usually a well-advised strategy, then she would use him too. Of course. All that is around her serves her, her mission. ]

It wasn't me.

[ A statement of fact. ]

The thing-- the symbiote lives right here [ Here she touches the back of her head over her hood, the groove at which her skull connects to her neck, then reaches over to touch the corresponding spot on him. See. ] It's a white thing, with little threads that go into the folds of your brain. It grows into them. Do you want to see?

[ Do you want to see this parasite that loves her and fools you into thinking it is you who does? ]