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rowancrowned) wrote2015-03-22 06:02 pm
rowancrowned) wrote2015-03-22 06:02 pm
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a year ago, they had an argument. it had been the beginning of her newsletter, business she has since set aside - it had been very politely done, for all her private sound and fury. and she had gathered up her lady's dignity and attended his archery nonsense, and they had been civil, and she had promised to help him with orlesian.
nearly one year ago precisely, now.
a runner brings to him a slim introductory volume of orlesian vocabulary and grammar, with the following note: )
Ser Coupe has bid me acquire the ability to defend myself without constant supervision. It will nevertheless remain my preference to leave the excursions outside of the Inquisition's walls to those better suited.
G.
( which seems unsentimental in the extreme, without more close examination. but he has his explanation, now, for her upset, and more than that - that she remembers each and every thing he's ever said to her. )
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he dismisses the runner a moment later than is polite- graciously, of course, but clearly wrapped in his own thoughts.
another will bring the letter to her, perhaps an hour later. ]
Gwenaëlle,
Am I to take this as a criticism of Hardie?
Yours,
T.
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I can't say it's as I imagined you would take the news.
( --returned swiftly, by runner. )G.
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I can't say I ever imagined your mind would be changedShe is the Templar, then. The reason you came to my room. Shall I thank her, or were you under duress?
T.
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It is my sincerest wish an accident take her before I am forced to engage in something so utterly abhorrent.
G.
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T.
[ he is, perhaps, only half-joking. ]
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I won't hide behind your skirts any more than the Duke's.
Though you might ask me again once she begins.
G.
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Has she given you a starting date? What does she intend to have you learn?
T.
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If you weren't so damnably large I might have your trousers, as apparently my dresses will not do. I am slightly concerned for the quality of what I will be offered in their stead.
She said that I must learn to fight. There were not a great deal of specifics. Some discussion of training the abilities that come with my anchor-shard.
G.
( it's cool how they're not talking about how she stonewalled him for months. as far as she's concerned, long may that continue. )
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As my father is not yet present, please forward your complaints regarding my size on to my Lord, Elu Thingol. I am sure they will amuse him.
My Lady had some clothes for [ honestly, he's not sure. galadriel's outfits in thedas were either her customary ethereal dresses or pants she had belted at the waist with the hems rolled to suit her needs. ] that might suit, cut for her frame. There is also what my son left behind. If you are not concerned with cast-offs, I can assure you of the quality of both options.
You are too important to die merely because you forgot to duck. I do not think she will have you armored and rattling around like a Templar.
T.
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( besides sit in her room sulking about having to be in fucking kirkwall )
I couldn't carry the weight of their armor, in any case. And I've no especial desire to have to. I don't want to go anywhere I'd need to do any of this.
G.
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For what it is worth to you, I am sorry this is a necessity.
T.
[ it arrives with two shirts smelling faintly of flowers, and three pairs of trousers, most with grass stains. legolas' seem to be in better condition- they were not worn for very long. ]
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It was unavoidable from the moment I nearly gave Alistair a sustained head injury.
G.
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If it comforts you, I am sure he will notice no difference in his humor or health. He has fought much worse than one small lady.
T.
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He seemed well enough before I left. And he wasn't angry with me. It was just an unfortunate thing that happened and cannot, unfortunately, be ignored. Tiresome. I wish it otherwise.
( but here they are, so. )
I hope to never have to make use of any of these lessons, in any case, it's nothing I want from my life. It isn't what I am.
G.
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[ if a lackadaisical sort, and otherwise upstanding, but he makes gwen happy. ]
What do you want from your life?
T.
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Most of all not to be bothered. To be left alone. I don't care for all the scrutiny and attention and maneuvering, I want done with it. To do as I please in privacy.
G.
( it's not the first time she's been asked that; she always has much the same answer to give. )
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T.
[ quiet does not suit him. ]
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I don't imagine I'm ever going to find out, but I can't think it wouldn't still be preferable.
G.