Mm... I'd like that. [ He often pressed himself against Cullen while he was reading, but to fully relax out in the hammock like that? The idea appealed to him immensely. Then something occurred to him. ]
Those missing mabari you mentioned. Did some of your friends leave? [ Fenris wasn't the sort who typically asked deeper questions like that, but Cullen was different. He was his greatest friend in this place, and he had a feeling that he had just focused on the dog and glossed over something more important. ]
[He hesitates a moment before answering. It isn't something he has spoken about yet, and he has mixed feelings as with most departures of people he knows. Hawke's is...particularly fraught because he knows his fate.]
Yes. Both from Thedas. Ferelden. I suppose that was obvious with the mabari. I'm all right.
Thank you. We can raise a glass to them later. I think that will be enough.
[At least enough of a public gesture for him. He has always handled his private emotions in his own way, and that never involves dwelling when he can help it.]
Well, you know if or when you need somewhere to decompress, you're welcome here.
[He honestly can't tell how much of this is genuine dislike for Dorian or how much of it is disgruntlement at liking him. He has known him long enough to know it could go either way.]
It always has been. Him and his constant complaints... And yet you know they are complete lies. He wouldn't have agreed to a permanent contract with Bull if he meant any of them.
He is lucky that Bull is there or I would have done away with him long ago.
[The contract issue had been a fraught one between them, a point of contention more than once. Before. He has to keep reminding himself things are different now.]
... [ For a long moment he stares at Cullen. At his friend's warm, genuine face, and he was unable to take it. He looked away, his hair shielding his face as he murmured. ]
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Only, you would need to lay in it first. A warrior with their full weight on top of me is only pleasant when there is something softer beneath me.
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[He'd seen the elf in question at the party. It seems like forever ago now.]
Then I shall. We should have some time between piling wood and stocking wine to rest a bit.
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Those missing mabari you mentioned. Did some of your friends leave? [ Fenris wasn't the sort who typically asked deeper questions like that, but Cullen was different. He was his greatest friend in this place, and he had a feeling that he had just focused on the dog and glossed over something more important. ]
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[He hesitates a moment before answering. It isn't something he has spoken about yet, and he has mixed feelings as with most departures of people he knows. Hawke's is...particularly fraught because he knows his fate.]
Yes. Both from Thedas. Ferelden. I suppose that was obvious with the mabari. I'm all right.
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[ They were warriors, they understood how it went, but Fenris expressed his sympathy nonetheless. ]
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[At least enough of a public gesture for him. He has always handled his private emotions in his own way, and that never involves dwelling when he can help it.]
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Why couldn't they have taken Pavus with them...
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Is he truly that bad?
[He can see how Fenris might think so given their respective origins and roles, but he also knows Dorian. He can turn on the charm.]
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[ He grunts, broodily. ]
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[He honestly can't tell how much of this is genuine dislike for Dorian or how much of it is disgruntlement at liking him. He has known him long enough to know it could go either way.]
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Thank you.
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[He's doing his best not to sound as amused as he is.]
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He is lucky that Bull is there or I would have done away with him long ago.
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[The contract issue had been a fraught one between them, a point of contention more than once. Before. He has to keep reminding himself things are different now.]
It sounds like things are tense.
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[ Which was Fenris' way of admitting that things weren't honestly that bad, but he clearly was going to continue bitching about the mage anyway. ]
... it's tolerable.
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Well, I'm glad. There's enough wrong with this place that an intolerable living situation shouldn't be piled atop it.
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[ At least, so far. ]
Pray we never end up there.
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[For a variety of reasons.]
Something good came of it, though.
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Thank you.
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You're welcome.
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