[ Those feels are warm, a shelter and a comfort that now she has to learn to try and live without. There will always be her brother, and all he does, but the Captain and his dried apricots and odd trinkets, his not-quite parental sensibilities, remind her of gentler days.
Family.
She doesn't want to go away and come back a stranger, or just fade from memory. Her eyes squeeze shut tighter as she burrows in against him, trying now to hold back a sniffle. ]
And you'll still have the sending crystal. You ever need me for anything you holler and I'll come runn'n.
[ Ain't a power in the verse that can keep him from someone what needs him when they call. He'd like to go with her. Keep her safe. Keep them both safe but- that ain't how it is. He's gotta make due with the cards they got. ]
[ She's worried for him, too. The thing that's embedded in his hand, hungry and stretching wide. She knows he'll bear it, he bears everything with that war-scarred heart of his just thundering on, but he shouldn't be alone.
That's the worst part of it all, honestly. ]
Should scream into them. The crystals feel it. They're full of so many song as it is...
[ There's a deep shuddering breath before she lifts her dark eyes to rest on his. ]
There are older things trying to move in them and leave their mark. Don't let it take you.
Ain't noth'n or no one gonna take me where I don't mean t'go. You know that.
[ He moved by orders more than once in the past and it all came to noth'n. Ain't a power in Thedas that's gonna make him move his feet when he's got them planted- or make him stay when he wants to move along.
He smooths a hand through her hair, cupping her cheek. ]
I'm gonna be fine, Li'l bug. Gonna be rid'n about and wait'n for you to sneak along again.
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Family.
She doesn't want to go away and come back a stranger, or just fade from memory. Her eyes squeeze shut tighter as she burrows in against him, trying now to hold back a sniffle. ]
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[ She's got a talent for that. ]
And you'll still have the sending crystal. You ever need me for anything you holler and I'll come runn'n.
[ Ain't a power in the verse that can keep him from someone what needs him when they call. He'd like to go with her. Keep her safe. Keep them both safe but- that ain't how it is. He's gotta make due with the cards they got. ]
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That's the worst part of it all, honestly. ]
Should scream into them. The crystals feel it. They're full of so many song as it is...
[ There's a deep shuddering breath before she lifts her dark eyes to rest on his. ]
There are older things trying to move in them and leave their mark. Don't let it take you.
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[ He moved by orders more than once in the past and it all came to noth'n. Ain't a power in Thedas that's gonna make him move his feet when he's got them planted- or make him stay when he wants to move along.
He smooths a hand through her hair, cupping her cheek. ]
I'm gonna be fine, Li'l bug. Gonna be rid'n about and wait'n for you to sneak along again.