( pride is much of everything she isn't going to say, all the small things that shouldn't upset her because she is so much bigger than they are -
like a little kitten convinced it can fight a mabari. the brittleness of her softens a little under morrigan's hand and the mention of kieran warms her further; he is so bright and unexpected, and she is terribly fond of him. if she had a son, she'd want a son like kieran, odd little thing that he is - she understands that, she thinks. there's more that she doesn't, but enough that she does to give him her hand and think nothing of it. )
He's some of the best company in Skyhold, you should tell him so, ( a more interesting topic than her awful hand or the awful people around it.
she nudges a cushion with her foot, sits down on the edge of the chaise instead of back on the floor. )
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like a little kitten convinced it can fight a mabari. the brittleness of her softens a little under morrigan's hand and the mention of kieran warms her further; he is so bright and unexpected, and she is terribly fond of him. if she had a son, she'd want a son like kieran, odd little thing that he is - she understands that, she thinks. there's more that she doesn't, but enough that she does to give him her hand and think nothing of it. )
He's some of the best company in Skyhold, you should tell him so, ( a more interesting topic than her awful hand or the awful people around it.
she nudges a cushion with her foot, sits down on the edge of the chaise instead of back on the floor. )