[ Bastien gives Barrow a rueful little smile, at the change in his face—a chin up, buddy smile from someone who's struggling with chin elevation himself, on this particular subject—and starts walking. ]
We can go ashore or we can raid the dining hall for table wine. Your choice.
Wanted to leave the farm, see the world. [He sighs wearily, shaking his head.]
This way it was an honor, instead of an escape. Going away to do Andraste's work, not just fucking off because I didn't feel like shoveling cow shit anymore.
[A grim pause.]
Least the cows wanted to be there, I suppose. Or didn't care one way or the other.
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Date: 2021-09-23 05:01 am (UTC)We can go ashore or we can raid the dining hall for table wine. Your choice.
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Date: 2021-09-24 12:30 am (UTC)Think I'd prefer not to be seen about, for a while.
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Date: 2021-09-26 08:59 pm (UTC)[ It won't change what direction they go until they're outside. ]
They are terribly judgmental sometimes, [ he adds, voice quiet, ] for people whose future relies so much on not being judged.
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Date: 2021-09-26 09:03 pm (UTC)Can't even say I blame them, really. [He looks at the ground as he talks, no doubt afraid to speak too loudly.]
Nobody likes feeling that the choice is already made for them.
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Date: 2021-09-26 09:15 pm (UTC)[ Bastien is quiet for a few steps. ]
How old were you when you started your training?
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Date: 2021-09-26 09:16 pm (UTC)[He tilts his head to and fro, thinking.]
Older lad. Fifteen, sixteen..
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Date: 2021-09-26 09:23 pm (UTC)What made you want to do it?
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Date: 2021-09-26 09:33 pm (UTC)This way it was an honor, instead of an escape. Going away to do Andraste's work, not just fucking off because I didn't feel like shoveling cow shit anymore.
[A grim pause.]
Least the cows wanted to be there, I suppose. Or didn't care one way or the other.
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Date: 2021-09-26 10:20 pm (UTC)But more seriously: ]
Did you see the world?
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Date: 2021-09-27 06:52 pm (UTC)I saw Ferelden.
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Date: 2021-09-28 07:48 pm (UTC)[ A pause for arithmetic. His fingers are involved. ]
—about an eighth of it. Good start. And now you are seeing more.
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Date: 2021-09-28 10:01 pm (UTC)[Barrow has to pause too, also counting on his fingers-- and after a few moments he gives up rather than try to puzzle it out.]
Well, never mind that, I've seen more since joining you lot. That's what counts, innit?