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

Date: 2020-07-07 10:02 pm (UTC)
sulahnan: (011)
From: [personal profile] sulahnan
Not in the least.

[ She puffs out some sad little discs of smoke because she still can't quite get the hang of smoke rings. They dissipate into the air too quickly to be impressive. ]

I think my name means humble arrow or something like that. Sulahnan is the place of song. Singing place?

[ She passes the joint back and shrugs one shoulder. It's not important. ]

Date: 2020-07-08 05:43 am (UTC)
sulahnan: (yeah ok)
From: [personal profile] sulahnan
[ She quiets as she listens to his theory, thinking it over at the only speed her mind will allow: slowly. ]

That's a shame.

Date: 2020-07-08 06:12 am (UTC)
sulahnan: (008)
From: [personal profile] sulahnan
[ The joint is accepted back into Athessa's care with a frown. Then, quite eloquently, she inquires after why Richard would find such a thing more a shame for Loxley than for himself. ]

Huh?

Date: 2020-07-08 06:35 am (UTC)
sulahnan: (058)
From: [personal profile] sulahnan
[ Athessa looks out over the wall and into the middle distance at nothing in particular. She really would prefer it if Rifters were just from a different, uncharted part of Thedas. ]

I wouldn't have to miss you when the Fade takes you back.

Date: 2020-07-08 08:59 am (UTC)
sulahnan: (012)
From: [personal profile] sulahnan
[ This plane's equivalent to elf darkvision is the tapetum lucidum in elven eyes. It allows elves to see in the dark with the same proficiency as a cat, and is probably a factor in Athessa's colorblindness.

But most importantly it looks cool because it makes elf eyes shiny in low light. ]


Of course. Why wouldn't I worry about my friends vanishing?

[ Wuh-oh here comes character development: Athessa has never once thought that the risk of loss was too great to justify befriending Rifters, even after losing a few in just that manner. Yet she has her heart broken once by a girl she liked and she's suddenly allergic to feelings forever. What an uncomfortable realization to have right now. Better to file that away for later. ]

Date: 2020-07-08 11:59 pm (UTC)
sulahnan: (tasting face)
From: [personal profile] sulahnan
[ Aw, cute lil snake friend. ]

'Cept with traveling, you can always travel back. Nobody's figured how to do that with rifts yet, so it's more like dying, innit? One-sided death.

Date: 2020-07-09 12:14 am (UTC)
sulahnan: (side eye)
From: [personal profile] sulahnan
Sometimes, if I dream.

Date: 2020-07-09 03:48 am (UTC)
sulahnan: (022)
From: [personal profile] sulahnan
[ She doesn't exactly zone out, listening to him, it's just that everything he's saying is making, like, so much sense right now.

Athessa blows out an appreciative breath that doesn't quite make it to being a whistle. ]


There's risk even when the Fade isn't involved. No guarantee that people will stay.

Date: 2020-07-09 04:33 am (UTC)
sulahnan: (pursed)
From: [personal profile] sulahnan
[ That's deep, man. Athessa watches him settle, then turns to look out over the... wherever is below them, and beyond. ]

Is it better to not get invested?

[ That's only the entirety of her reasoning for only having casual flings. ]

Date: 2020-07-09 05:28 am (UTC)
sulahnan: (032)
From: [personal profile] sulahnan
How do ya know which ones are real?

[ Let the joint burn out. It was pretty much finished anyway. Athessa lays back on the low wall, one leg swinging lazily back and forth. ]

Never mind. That's a silly question.

Date: 2020-07-09 08:30 pm (UTC)
sulahnan: (011)
From: [personal profile] sulahnan
Hmm, [ The stars are different, he said? Interesting. ] I dunno about the Maker or Andraste, but I'm pretty sure if the elven gods were ever real, they're either dead or they've fucked off for personal reasons, anyway. The stories about them are fine, and I'd still rather get buried with an oaken staff [ Dalish tradition, ] than burned on a pyre or turned into a mummy.

[ Her attention drifts, mind wandering... What was she saying? ]

I dunno what my point was with that. D'you think talking too much gets in the way of thinking?

Date: 2020-07-10 01:13 am (UTC)
sulahnan: (019)
From: [personal profile] sulahnan
[ She hums thoughtfully, or just idly, because most of her thoughts are echoes of what he's said.

And then for a few moments she gets distracted by her hands and just looks at them, holding them above her face. ]


I like talking to you, [ She says, casual and genuine. ] I mean. For your sanity you could talk more, but. You're smart and don't make me feel stupid for being. Ya know. Kinda stupid.

Date: 2020-07-10 06:36 am (UTC)
sulahnan: (Default)
From: [personal profile] sulahnan
[ Athessa laughs softly, because there he goes doing exactly what she just said he does. ]

Wish more people saw things that way.

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