Let's talk this through

Elanna’s enthusiasm was intoxicating, and made Nathaniel feel even more excited about the whole situation than he’d already been. He was sure that Rosalie would be better at explaining it all, but he did his best to recite all the things that Rosalie had explained to him before he said he would think about being her guinea pig and get back to her. He nodded his head as he spoke.

She’s pretty certain there wouldn’t be a calling. I mean even without a Blight, we’re pretty much dead men walking. One day the taint will infect us to the point that the only course of action left is to disappear into the Deep Roads. He paused and took a drink, then quickly added.

She says there’s even a chance it could help a Grey Warden’s ability to have children. He finished and then took another bite of his food. He’d always wanted a family, but after being caught trying to steal back his family’s possessions and given the choice death or Grey Warden, well he just assumed that the chances he’d have kids was next to nil. Not that it never happened, only that it was quite rare.