[ She muffles it into the back of his shoulder, her face hidden this way. They might not come this way ever again, though she likes to think they will. Tangles of trouble finding one another in knots all over again.
[ Well that don't sit right but he can't tell 'em to not. Trouble had been hound'n her and her brother when they came to his ship. Probably a fool's hope that they'd avoid it here. ]
Zoe and everyone are still up north if you need a ride anywhere. Don't matter where, you need 'em to take you on for a li'l while? You tell 'em I said so. They can take price of passage outta my cut.
[ She goes a little stiffer before shaking her head. Now's not the time for fear. There's time enough to lead them away, to prevent anyone here from finding out just why she'd been in Tevinter. ]
[ Even if it was a risk. Probably more besides that. ]
Mighty kind of you, li'l bug. Just wanted t'make sure you knew they were an option. And you'll always know where t'find me, right? Till I get this thing outta my hand, I'm here.
Not...no. Not the ones here. They're safe, they'll keep you safer. The one who hurt...they're hunting through the brush, dust on their bellies, searching for what they lost.
[ Finally, she unwinds herself from him, peering up at him with dark, solemn eyes. ]
[ He smooths a little of her hair out of her face with a gentle hand, eyes soft and sad. ]
...Not much I can say to make you stick it out here, is there?
[ He'd know she's safe if she stayed. Know that she's learning, she's laughing, that she's be'n a kid again with friends and family and that she's got somewhere to run around barefoot without fear.
[ There have been bad days. There will always be bad days. But living here at Skyhold with him, with the rest of them, has made her heart light in ways that can't be counted. She has to say goodbye to all of them, to all of that, and go back to what they'd been before. Two fugitives on the run, always looking behind them.
It's not what she wants. But if it saves them...
Her lip trembles and she bites down on it hard, her eyes stinging. ]
[ She don't need to say it- that face is more than enough. His hand finds its way 'round to the back of her head, tugg'n her in as he tucks her close. Never really had a sister, growing up. Never had a chance to have a kid, didn't rightly want one after the blight. But there's a mix of feelings here he don't look at all that hard. He just feels 'em. ]
[ 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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Date: 2016-06-01 08:44 pm (UTC)[ She muffles it into the back of his shoulder, her face hidden this way. They might not come this way ever again, though she likes to think they will. Tangles of trouble finding one another in knots all over again.
Just not for a while. ]
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Date: 2016-06-01 08:51 pm (UTC)[ Well that don't sit right but he can't tell 'em to not. Trouble had been hound'n her and her brother when they came to his ship. Probably a fool's hope that they'd avoid it here. ]
Zoe and everyone are still up north if you need a ride anywhere. Don't matter where, you need 'em to take you on for a li'l while? You tell 'em I said so. They can take price of passage outta my cut.
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Date: 2016-06-01 08:53 pm (UTC)[ She goes a little stiffer before shaking her head. Now's not the time for fear. There's time enough to lead them away, to prevent anyone here from finding out just why she'd been in Tevinter. ]
THey'd hurt, and I won't let them.
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Date: 2016-06-01 09:29 pm (UTC)[ Even if it was a risk. Probably more besides that. ]
Mighty kind of you, li'l bug. Just wanted t'make sure you knew they were an option. And you'll always know where t'find me, right? Till I get this thing outta my hand, I'm here.
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Date: 2016-06-03 07:11 pm (UTC)[ Finally, she unwinds herself from him, peering up at him with dark, solemn eyes. ]
The tracks should lead elsewhere.
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Date: 2016-06-03 07:22 pm (UTC)...Not much I can say to make you stick it out here, is there?
[ He'd know she's safe if she stayed. Know that she's learning, she's laughing, that she's be'n a kid again with friends and family and that she's got somewhere to run around barefoot without fear.
But he can't keep her. ]
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Date: 2016-06-03 07:25 pm (UTC)It's not what she wants. But if it saves them...
Her lip trembles and she bites down on it hard, her eyes stinging. ]
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Date: 2016-06-03 07:32 pm (UTC)[ She don't need to say it- that face is more than enough. His hand finds its way 'round to the back of her head, tugg'n her in as he tucks her close. Never really had a sister, growing up. Never had a chance to have a kid, didn't rightly want one after the blight. But there's a mix of feelings here he don't look at all that hard. He just feels 'em. ]
Okay, li'l bug. S'awright.
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Date: 2016-06-03 08:38 pm (UTC)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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Date: 2016-06-03 09:12 pm (UTC)[ 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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Date: 2016-06-13 08:41 pm (UTC)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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Date: 2016-06-14 01:02 am (UTC)[ 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.