and when the broken-hearted people living in the world agree [open]

[lettersfromhome]

WHO: Mia Rutherford & YOU
WHAT: Pre-Orlais Catch-All for July
WHEN: Beginning of the month up to Orlais shenanigans.
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: n/a

For not being caught up in much of actual events of the keep, it certainly is exhausting keeping up with everything.

That might be life with Zevran and the baby talking, however. As many people seem happy to pitch in with helping Zevran with his son, Mia still quietly thinks the best hands are her own. And his father's, of course, but the poor dear seems to be at his wit's end on most days. He's trying to do well for the boy, though she'd expect no less from him. Still. Sharing a room with him means watching the toll it takes and, when she is available to, helping take the baby off his hands so he might get some Maker-blessed sleep.

Of course, she can't spend the entire day with the baby, much as she'd like to. She still has duties to attend to around the keep, and the recent activity with assassins and spirits being purged from abominations doesn't mean that the refugees are any less eager to get the things they need. Luckily, construction for the new appointments for them seem to be going well. Katniss has managed a wonderful job in that regard, and Mia's more than happy to lend a hand, even if it's as simple a thing as making sure the workers are eating, too.

That doesn't leave much spare time, but she does what she can. She makes herself available now and then in the gardens, and now more than ever she's been taking the time to drop in on her brother, if only to briefly chat and see that things are well before letting him carry on.

They've all got their fair share to do around here. And keeping busy...well, it keeps a lot of things off your mind, that way.

Comments

[serannas]

"Of course. It would have to be approved by the Inquisition first anyway." It's something she needs to write to ask the leaders about, especially if it requires Inquisition resources.

[lettersfromhome]

"Thankfully, we're not quite as paranoid as we all could be, given what's happened."

The keep still seems to be in relatively good spirits, in fact. They have a few cheery souls to thank for that, she's sure, and the way people have pulled together in their down time to remember that they are all working together is encouraging, to say the least.

[serannas]

"It's true. This is a truly unique place. We've formed our own community here, and I think it must be different from any place else in Thedas." Where else could mages, Templars, Dalish, Andrastians, Vashoth, Tevinters, Orlesians, Fereldans, rifters, and more all congregate and get along well enough that no battles were breaking out in the courtyards?

[lettersfromhome]

"It's been quite an education, I'll say that."

After all, before this she'd never so much as met a Qunari, dwarf, or mage. She'd only seen a few elves in passing, never spoken to them. All of this was new and strange but by and large she was immensely glad she'd come here.

For more than a few reasons. Her eyes drop to the now sleeping babe in her arms with a quiet smile.