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[Zhaneel has much on her mind and it's already caused several sleepless nights. Aara's post had only made he matter that much more apparent and the gryphon knew she had to takes steps. There were those here that watched out for her and those she cared for more than even herself, but she was not helpless
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You okay, Feathers?
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Varrrrric, I am...
[A soft keen slips past her beak before she swallows it down.]
No...
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Would you mind meeting up with me, after you're done with your talk?
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Kloe had been harmed, not her... What place did she have to be upset about all of this. Except so many reasons.
She nods her beak once, even if he cannot see it, her voice still soft and uncertain.]
I would not mind at all, Varrrric... wherrre?
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Besides, it just makes it easier for Varric to keep an eye on her this way. He's starting to be a little more protective of his friends, with everything going on.
Because it's not like stalking all of their journal comments before was protective or anything. Nope.]
Where ever you like. Would you prefer indoors or out?
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And no. That's not nearly enough protective stalking in my eyes.]
I think outdorrrsss would be betterrr... I have sseen much of the insside of buildingsss of late.
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He'll have to work more on his protective stalking, then.]
Meet by the bonfire, then?
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[Yeah that conversation didn't go at all as planned and Zhaneel was feeling foolish and like she'd made the wrong choice in addressing Sandrath at all. But she couldn't reasonably make a decision about how she felt if she did not know the full story. Even if Kloe felt she didn't need to know all of it, which the gryphon certainly knew now ( ... )
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And even aside from that, he's not about to leave her alone when she'd been so obviously distressed. Not that he's all that certain there's much he can do to help, considering he's pretty sure anything she's got to be distressed about involves either that pumpkin fiasco, or Kloe.
One he hadn't been able to do anything about, and the other was a complicated matter. One that they'd need to talk about, of course, but that could wait, until after he'd figured out what was wrong and at least tried to help.]
Here, Feathers.
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It's been a short time since she's seen her friend and she doesn't stop until she's right at him, lowering and planting her head against his chest, ear tufts flattening against her skull.
Her wings fan slightly before folding along her back and she finally allows herself a sigh that seems to relax her again. A good amount of tension seeps out in that sigh, thankfully, but not all of it.
She's glad to see you, Varric.]
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He doesn't say anything for the moment, just keeps up the soothing motions as she sighs and some of the tension drains out of her. He'll let her set the pace, or at least give a few moments of quiet comfort before he asks any questions.]
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She had been upset to hear that Anders had attacked Kloe, but she had done him no harm in the end. She had been most stricken to hear of a similar assault at the hands of Sandrath, another she would call friend.
She closes her eyes and enjoys the closeness of Varric's form, making soft trilling sounds low in her throat as his hand moves getly over her head. When she finally speaks, her voice is soft.]
Is there any way to keep them from killing one another, Varric? I know I cannot make someone be friendly toward another if the want is not there on both sides, but this fighting is senseless.
Anders is your friend and I myself fought to defend him and would do so again, but Kloe is a friend also. And Sandrath...
[She shakes her head slightly.]The entire situation there ( ... )
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When something like that happens, Feathers, people want someone to blame. Especially if that someone could technically be considered at fault, whatever their intentions. With Anders - he could forgive harm to himself, but it's more difficult to think clearly when people you care about are hurt.
[Like he's one to talk, there. As if it wasn't the memory of the last time he held Zhaneel in a similar fashion, when she was dying, of Riku having to be the one to put Varric down, of Justice taking over when Anders had no memories and leaving him scared and traumatized, of Hawke holed up in the stable towers, blaming himself, of Aara confused and scared and hallucinating, that made him unwilling to forgive Kloe for her part.]
It's complicated, with Anders. But Hawke and I are working on it.
[There's a pause after that.]
What happened with Sandrath?
[His voice is mostly neutral, with a hint of concern. Mostly because he's hiding ( ... )
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I know there is no undoing the past, Varric... and that hoping that people will just move on and accept the matter has passed is pointless. I do not seek to begrudge those that are unhappy and angry those feelings. Many died because of the illness Kloe passed to others and it will not soon be forgotten. I will never forget it, nor the end result I suffered because of it. I am glad that there are those that care for me enough to be upset about it... I just wish that those that wish Kloe harm would let the matter go. There is nothing to be gained from doing her harm arter she has apologized and been healed by the Keep doctor. I do not expect anyone to seek her out for friendship, but I would hope the pointless deaths would stop.
[Zhaneel herself had hated seeing others die and fight when they were supposedly all that had survived the end ( ... )
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