[So much of what she says is so familiar, because they are things that he's said himself or thought of during his times alone. It's so strange, sometimes, to be with her. Like looking into a flattering but still twisted mirror.]
I don't think anyone wants that. Well, except for a few mad magisters up in Tevinter, but I'm sure Dorian will successfully weed them out.
[ Leilani doesn't hate Tevinter, not really, but she's never had any reason to have any positive feelings towards it. The only Tevene thing she likes, other than the wine, is Dorian, and he seems to be an abnormality for the nation. Sighing, she shakes her head, turning her head to stare out in front of them. ]
[He nods at that, accepting it. It's strange, if she were anyone else, he might warn against working too hard. But she isn't just anyone else. He knows he wouldn't listen if someone had said that to him, and he imagined she would feel the same.]
I know what you mean... I'd say we should look at the fleet as a vacation, but it hasn't exactly been relaxing.
Not so far. [ It makes her smile a little wryly, at least. ] It's almost been just like being at home. I've not had a chance to miss Thedas too terribly.
Hm, and it seems most of the things I miss the most were things I was missing back on Thedas as well.
[Except, perhaps, for his inner circle. For the men and women who had become a second family to him. Dorian was here, but he wasn't his Dorian, not the same man that he had forged such a connection with. They were building a new connection here, but it wasn't exactly the same.
He can't really put words to that feeling though. He assumes that she probably understands. She knew all the same people as him, after all.]
It has been harder than I imagined it being. I was used to everyone being around and now it has started to get harder.
[ Josephine and Cullen remain, of course, but Leliana is Divine and the others returned to their lives, far and distant from her. It's difficult, adjusting to life where she feels entirely alone, but she manages as best she can. She has no reason to complain, not truly; she is alive and mostly content with her choices.
Shaking her head, she stares up at the sky. ]
Letters are not the same as Wicked Grace on a rest day.
[Cyril still has some of the inner circle around, but mostly he was thinking of his Clan and family when he said there were things and people that he missed back home.]
We should play a game. See if the other Thedosians will join.
I'll ask around and see what I can find. It would be worth the entertainment. [ She shakes her head, something fond settling over her. ] When we're off this... Place.
[He nods, then chuckles very softly in a gently-bitter sort of way.] How strange that I'm looking forward to being in a tin box surrounded by nothing again.
[ Ah, it helps, and she settles down, closing her eyes and breathing out. It's funny, she thinks, to be so close to someone who is such a stranger and so familiar all at once. ]
No, you're right. The winters are preferable to this madness. [ She laughs gently. ] I hope it isn't long before we manage to return to the sky.
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Date: 2017-11-24 04:44 am (UTC)I don't think anyone wants that. Well, except for a few mad magisters up in Tevinter, but I'm sure Dorian will successfully weed them out.
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Date: 2017-11-24 04:49 pm (UTC)[ Leilani doesn't hate Tevinter, not really, but she's never had any reason to have any positive feelings towards it. The only Tevene thing she likes, other than the wine, is Dorian, and he seems to be an abnormality for the nation. Sighing, she shakes her head, turning her head to stare out in front of them. ]
There is still so much that I must do.
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Date: 2017-11-26 06:53 am (UTC)I know what you mean... I'd say we should look at the fleet as a vacation, but it hasn't exactly been relaxing.
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Date: 2017-11-26 10:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-11-27 03:18 am (UTC)[Except, perhaps, for his inner circle. For the men and women who had become a second family to him. Dorian was here, but he wasn't his Dorian, not the same man that he had forged such a connection with. They were building a new connection here, but it wasn't exactly the same.
He can't really put words to that feeling though. He assumes that she probably understands. She knew all the same people as him, after all.]
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Date: 2017-11-27 08:37 pm (UTC)[ Josephine and Cullen remain, of course, but Leliana is Divine and the others returned to their lives, far and distant from her. It's difficult, adjusting to life where she feels entirely alone, but she manages as best she can. She has no reason to complain, not truly; she is alive and mostly content with her choices.
Shaking her head, she stares up at the sky. ]
Letters are not the same as Wicked Grace on a rest day.
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Date: 2017-11-29 02:35 am (UTC)We should play a game. See if the other Thedosians will join.
We'd have to make or find a deck of cards.
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Date: 2017-11-29 11:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-11-30 04:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-11-30 08:32 pm (UTC)[ Wrinkling her nose, she drops down and leans against him, just a little. ]
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Date: 2017-12-06 02:53 am (UTC)One winter, back with the Clan, it was so cold that I thought my toes would fall off. One of our elders suffered frost bite on the tip of his nose...
[He pauses, thinking it over.] Nope. I'd still take that winter over this planet again.
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Date: 2017-12-06 07:45 pm (UTC)No, you're right. The winters are preferable to this madness. [ She laughs gently. ] I hope it isn't long before we manage to return to the sky.
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Date: 2017-12-07 03:29 am (UTC)At least the sky we fly through isn't spewing demons forth. We have to come back to land for that.