[ any and all pleasant small talk she might have wanted to make is forgotten. ]
They will answer.
[ and if that's ominous, he doesn't care. thousands of years of being obeyed, of expecting to be obeyed doesn't fade away after a year in thedas. some things remain, vicious under the placid coat he's wrapped about himself in the past year and change. ]
If they will not answer you, perhaps a face without vallaslin will be less intimidating, yes? And time must be spent showing them we are nothing to fear, but with every day that passes, more are lost.
[ he stops, for a moment, woolgathering, and- ]
I will visit the Alienage myself tomorrow morning. Alone, I think, but another time we must go together, and you will point out where the holes are in the crowd.
no subject
They will answer.
[ and if that's ominous, he doesn't care. thousands of years of being obeyed, of expecting to be obeyed doesn't fade away after a year in thedas. some things remain, vicious under the placid coat he's wrapped about himself in the past year and change. ]
If they will not answer you, perhaps a face without vallaslin will be less intimidating, yes? And time must be spent showing them we are nothing to fear, but with every day that passes, more are lost.
[ he stops, for a moment, woolgathering, and- ]
I will visit the Alienage myself tomorrow morning. Alone, I think, but another time we must go together, and you will point out where the holes are in the crowd.