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[leaporfall]

[Video cuts in abruptly, as though someone has hit the button by accident. The faintly muffled, distant quality of Marian's voice only enhances this impression - as does the fact that, for the moment, the camera is angled down so that it catches the ground and half of a travel-worn boot.]...really have time for a detour to the Deep Roads. Or

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[doesnotbrood]

Hawke. [Finally, a familiar face in all this craziness...or so he thinks.] Are you still where you were left?

[Action]

[leaporfall]

Has it?

[She laughs, a little uneasily.]

I'm honestly not certain how far to trust any of this. All the more reason to find a way out of this trap.

[Action]

[doesnotbrood]

Thus far, I have met a man named Garrett, who claims to have done all you have accomplished. [A pause.] Given the...things he knows...I believe him.

[An uneasy silence.]

I'm not certain it will be as simple as finding an exit.

[Action]

[leaporfall]

Carver's brother.

[She looks a little bleak at that - Carver not knowing her had shaken her badly.

And then she pulls her walls back up, leaving only a facade of determination.]

You're probably right - if it was that easy, someone would have to have already found out. But there has to be some weakness, some way to fight back.

[Action]

[doesnotbrood]

I'm loathe to mount any sort of offensive without know what we're up against.

[Action]

[leaporfall]

Which is why the first step needs to be figuring that out.

[She exhales slowly.]

Easier said than done, I know.

[Action]

[doesnotbrood]

There are man who've been here far longer. Perhaps you should start by asking them.

[He's knows better to suggest he be the one to question them...he has a habit of losing his temper...]

[Action]

[leaporfall]

Ask around, gather information, look for allies? That almost sounds familiar.

[She shifts her weight, unease bleeding into restlessness.]

[Action]

[doesnotbrood]

I believe the phrase you're looking for is "it feels just like home."

[Action]

[leaporfall]

[She almost smiles at that.]

Maybe a little bit. Although there seem to be fewer things burning here than I recall.

[Action]

[doesnotbrood]

[That comment gives him pause.]

...a war, yes? Or so Carver would have me believe.

[Action]

[leaporfall]

The Qunari, not Carver's war. That's yet to come, if what he's said is true - assuming we can't prevent it somehow.

[She pauses, winces.]

I didn't even think - what's the last thing you remember from home?

[Action]

[doesnotbrood]

I've heard...from Garrett. [A pause.] What I remember last is...of little consequence. I've been told about Isabela's relic, though.

[Action]

[leaporfall]

I doubt that, somehow. But I'm not going to press.

[Her teeth grit briefly, and she looks away.]

So you've heard about darling Isabela. Aveline's never going to let me live that down.

[Action]

[doesnotbrood]

Aveline is a good woman, and a friend. She'll forgive you.

[Action]

[leaporfall]

Forgive, certainly. Forget?

[She releases her white-knuckled grip on her own arm to scrub a hand over her face.]

I just hope she doesn't think I've run off and left piecing things back together on her shoulders.