"There were very few reports that came through," Morrigan points out because the fact that there was a period of utter silence from so many is alarming. Silence from the Inquisition isn't something that should happen, even for a few days, and it hadn't been pleasant, and Kieran had kept looking at her, haunting her steps for two solid days as if it had been the days when nothing else in the world existed but the two of them, his hand in hers or on her arm.
"That was not-" her voice rises, not quite sharply but close, always seeking to be contrary perhaps but maybe that's how it is when so much of your life has been a thing not your own. She sighs, shaking her head. Her voice lowers. "That was not what I meant." I missed you, she wants to say but can't. It's too big an admission when they haven't said a word to each other since the dungeon, since Leliana sent her away.
And yes, she understands necessity and the rumours that followed since the dance but it stung. It still stings. She's hurt, more than that she's embarrassed and that shames her.
"There was silence from the Approach, I had hoped it went well and that it was worth it, that silence did not mean you had found any we might have known." How long is Jonas going to cast a shadow too, and how long is Leliana going to have to wade through the dead? "I had not expected you either."
As much as it had tired her to do it, to retreat back from the one person she might truly call a friend and ally within the walls of Skyhold, she had done it out of necessity because she understands. Yet here Leliana is, and Morrigan doesn't know what the next move is supposed to be, and she hates it.
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"That was not-" her voice rises, not quite sharply but close, always seeking to be contrary perhaps but maybe that's how it is when so much of your life has been a thing not your own. She sighs, shaking her head. Her voice lowers. "That was not what I meant." I missed you, she wants to say but can't. It's too big an admission when they haven't said a word to each other since the dungeon, since Leliana sent her away.
And yes, she understands necessity and the rumours that followed since the dance but it stung. It still stings. She's hurt, more than that she's embarrassed and that shames her.
"There was silence from the Approach, I had hoped it went well and that it was worth it, that silence did not mean you had found any we might have known." How long is Jonas going to cast a shadow too, and how long is Leliana going to have to wade through the dead? "I had not expected you either."
As much as it had tired her to do it, to retreat back from the one person she might truly call a friend and ally within the walls of Skyhold, she had done it out of necessity because she understands. Yet here Leliana is, and Morrigan doesn't know what the next move is supposed to be, and she hates it.