[ it's almost crueler, she realizes, she shouldn't have asked—to get what she wants and to know that she has to be the one to choose to relinquish it.
not yet, though. ]
I don't understand, [ she steps forward, toward the shadow and the spirit. neither react to her getting closer, and she crouches down to look at both of them more closely. ] He wouldn't do this. He couldn't.
[ couldn't he?
you—tortured and killed my friend!
the shadow in front of her flickers, unable to make up its mind. somewhere behind them, a fire crackles to life, and the smell of smoke and burning flesh permeates the scene. ashes fall on her shoulders, only to dissolve in fade-green indecision.
it's such an annoying way to learn this lesson. couldn't it be cassandra instead? dorian? someone else she'd respected, put on a pedestal, anyone but— ]
Solas, [ ennaris whispers, small and mournful, ] what did you do, vhenan? Who are you?
[ the shadow reaches for the spirit's face—his hands burn with magic, and are open-palmed in peace, and hold a dagger, all at once. ]
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not yet, though. ]
I don't understand, [ she steps forward, toward the shadow and the spirit. neither react to her getting closer, and she crouches down to look at both of them more closely. ] He wouldn't do this. He couldn't.
[ couldn't he?
you—tortured and killed my friend!
the shadow in front of her flickers, unable to make up its mind. somewhere behind them, a fire crackles to life, and the smell of smoke and burning flesh permeates the scene. ashes fall on her shoulders, only to dissolve in fade-green indecision.
it's such an annoying way to learn this lesson. couldn't it be cassandra instead? dorian? someone else she'd respected, put on a pedestal, anyone but— ]
Solas, [ ennaris whispers, small and mournful, ] what did you do, vhenan? Who are you?
[ the shadow reaches for the spirit's face—his hands burn with magic, and are open-palmed in peace, and hold a dagger, all at once. ]