The snake is cool and dry, muscle working beneath soft scales as she probes her way along the curve of Wysteria’s palm, and eventually to the lattice of her fingers. Richard keeps his eyes down on that progress rather than study Poppell’s face, familiar enough with visceral aversion to file it away for what it is at a glance.
“She was a messenger before,” he explains, “but there’s no one in Thedas to answer.”
Provided she doesn’t lock him in, he uses this opportunity to disengage himself from her elbow -- better able to reach and turn her hand lightly with his own to allow for easier snake-slithering.
“Here she follows my commands, and keeps me company.”
no subject
“One meeting was enough for me.”
The snake is cool and dry, muscle working beneath soft scales as she probes her way along the curve of Wysteria’s palm, and eventually to the lattice of her fingers. Richard keeps his eyes down on that progress rather than study Poppell’s face, familiar enough with visceral aversion to file it away for what it is at a glance.
“She was a messenger before,” he explains, “but there’s no one in Thedas to answer.”
Provided she doesn’t lock him in, he uses this opportunity to disengage himself from her elbow -- better able to reach and turn her hand lightly with his own to allow for easier snake-slithering.
“Here she follows my commands, and keeps me company.”