dear_mun | probably inquisition spoilers;

What things?

Gah -- [His expression betrays startle, but he doesn't jump or flinch. His pride is manageably preserved.

He touches his gloved fingers to his forehead.] Cole, you really must stop appearing like that.

And, oh, I dunno...things.

Oh. Sorry. [Oops.]

They'll visit anyway. They like us too much.

[A dismissive grunt.]

Can't imagine why. Neither of us are particularly engaging company.

They hurt people. They hurt us.

Are we still talking about these 'mundanes'? Are they such monsters?

Yes. Burning and blood and bruises...screaming silence, torturous teasing. It's...dark, dank, dying, dead. Even the breathing things don't feel like they're alive. And...it hurts to listen because everything hurts. It's too loud, even when it's quiet.

[There needs to be a translator app Cole's friends can have when he's around.

Still, Thom thinks he understands.] Sounds like a mausoleum, or...something. Well, I didn't think it was the nicest place to be, but I'm not sure the alternative is much better.

There are cakes for breakfast, but they're green. [Like, darkspawn from the rift green. It's very disturbing.]

[What he makes perfect sense don't be mean :| ]

Yes. Kind of. It's a place for dead people, but they aren't all dead. And it hurts people to be there, but they can't leave. I try to help but it doesn't stop hurting.

[Makes sense to me anyways. And anyone polite enough to listen.]

Sounds like you could use a hand, lad.

[So everyone except Vivienne, basically]

Probably. I don't know. It...hurts too much to know. Dorian helps a little but he doesn't know like the others. He hasn't heard the dead song long enough.

[Mhmm, sounds right.]

Well, I haven't been dead myself, and I don't summon then dead like some sort of puppet army like Dorian. I'm just used to loneliness and seeing others die. Not sure that I'd be much help at all, really.

[Unless you need some horses groomed or weapons training.]

You don't have to do all that.

Don't have to do all that? To what?

[He face tightens thoughtfully.] To understand you? No, nor to see you. But if you really want to ease the pain...isn't that what Solas is for? Is he not around here?

To help.

I don't see Solas much. Not since they sent me here.

Oh. [A sad look.]

Do you get lonely?

Sometimes. But I help, so it doesn't hurt too much. Most days.

Did they at least give you somewhere to be? Besides here, that is.

Yes. The dead peoples' place.

You can say that as many times as you'd like, but it rarely stops them. Chances are they'll go through with their terrible plans heedless of your wishes.

Sounds a bit like most nobility - yourself excluded.

I'm hardly nobility [says the lady living in a castle], but I can't argue with the rest of that.

Although I will say it sounds like you've been spending quite a bit of time with Sera.

[Which is something that isn't surprising at all and if anything, she just sounds super amused.]

[Could have fooled him. Maybe he just likes to think of the Inquisitor as nobility to make things easier in his head.

He blinks, looking a bit surprised.] Oh, right, aye. Well...it's not like you make it sound. 'Wrong bits' and all that. She's sort of like a little sister, or something, I suppose. If I were an elf.

[You're making a lot of sense, warden. Also, good luck imagining such a hairy elf.] No one comments when you spend time with the commander.

[She did spend her entire life living in the forest, you know. It's hard to think of yourself as nobility when you're more used to sleeping on the ground than in said giant castle.]

Oh, no, I didn't- obviously it's not-

[Good, now he's got her doing it too. What a pair they make. She stops herself in the middle of her stammering, smiles at him, and tries again.]

What I meant was it's nice you're both finding companionship. It makes travelling with the both of you much more pleasant when you aren't finding little ways to annoy each other.

[Like Vivienne and... well, everyone, really. She loves all her friends, but they can be a little extreme sometimes.]

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I'M NOT SORRY FOR THIS

GOOD. DON'T EVER BE.

OKAY I WON'T BE

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hope you don't mind an elfy inquisitor

elfy inquisitors are my favorite

everyone loves those pointy pointy ears

qunari horns are pretty great too tho

you are not wrong