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[nonvenomous]

Book/crystal/correspondence/action/whatever you desire.

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[sulahnan]

[ She could explain that it's their pity she wouldn't want, but she's too busy marveling at what, to her, seems like a stroke of good luck. ]

I'm the opposite. I feel too much all the time, whether I want to or not. Hence all the-- [ The paraphernalia is taken in with a sweeping gesture. Look, look at all this weed. ] --kinda makes it less...overwhelming.

[nonvenomous]

[ A log shifts in the fire, stirring sparks through the smoke, and Richard watches embers glowing crisp at a freshly exposed edge. He’s quiet for a long time, peripherally aware of her sweeping gesture and the paraphernalia it encompasses. ]

Is that a Dalish predisposition or something unique to you?

[ He finally looks back over to her when he asks, manners coasting on backup power. ]

[sulahnan]

Pretty sure it's just me. But I dunno, I haven't asked anyone else if they feel the same.

[nonvenomous]

[ Dick links his fingers between his knees, knuckles hooked together in a loose tangle. ]

There are ways to center the mind away from extremes in situations where getting stoned may not be practical.

[ He pauses to reflect: ]

Not that I’ve seen any evidence of it hindering your performance in the field.

[sulahnan]

Oh, I'm not usually stoned in the field. I mean, I've gotten stoned in fields but not.

[ Squint. ]

Not when I'm working, I mean. If I'm stoned while working? Something's wrong.

[ She's used smoke to keep injured people comfortable and disinclined to move around and hurt themselves before the healer arrives, so it stands to reason that she'd have to be in a similar strait. ]

[nonvenomous]

...Being emotional, [ Richard clarifies, helpfully, after a beat that might be strange if he wasn’t committed to being strange all of the time. His posture hasn’t changed. ]


I haven’t seen any evidence of your being emotional hindering your ability to complete an objective.

[ The alternate denial is a curious one. He is clearly making a Mental Note -- prying interest briefly transparent in the furrow of his brow. ]

[sulahnan]

Oh. [ Granted, they haven't worked together all that often, but-- ] Well. That's reassuring I guess.

Maybe it's because I have an objective to focus on.