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Open | If you forget, is it like it never happened?

WHO: Cole and anyone who needs or wants him
WHAT: Cole's back. If he ever left. Who really knows?
WHEN: Now until end of February.
WHERE: Skyhold
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Those sensitive to such things might notice that Cole is back. He's hard to remember at the best of times, and after such a long period, Cole himself expects virtually no one to remember who he is or that he's allowed to be here.

But it doesn't stop him doing what he does. Moving about, helping those he can.

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"Oh I see. Yes, many do seem to fear magic here. I suppose she would have a similar fear of me then."

He didn't seem the least bit bothered by this though. If she wished to fear and so on without knowing a person then that was up to her. Besides, she didn't even seem to be here to begin with.

"Maybe." Once she realised what he was, maybe.

"No, she's not here. She's being Red Jenny. It's important." She's a good person, just doesn't show it like most people. She cares, a lot.

"Red Jenny? What does that mean? It is not something I am familiar with."

If nothing else he was almost sure the man had relaxed some now that the focus was on another. He really couldn't say for certain though since he really didn't know him. At this point he was only hazarding a guess.

"Red Jenny helps the little people. A pie on the seat of the lady who humiliated her servant. An arrow through the eye of the man who goes to the orphanage's bunks at night. Sera is a Red Jenny. There are other Red Jennies."

Red Jennies help. In ways that Cole couldn't.

"I see. Red Jenny allows people some measure of power that they would not normally be able to have. A helpful cause."

He nodded slowly, getting a better idea of this organization. "How many other Red Jennies are there in this world?"

"I don't know."

Sera had something about triplets in another city who were Red Jenny... but he didn't listen much and he can't remember. "As many as there need to be?"

There was a blink before he threw his head back, actually reaching out to give the other a pat on the back for that spectacular comment. "That is a very fine answer! I like how clever you are, my friend!"

Cole staggers forward under the pat and looks up, thoroughly bewildered. "Clever?"

"Indeed! You are supremely clever! I cannot help but to admire it the longer we speak to each other." And that was sheer honesty. After all, he'd promised to say whatever came to his mind at a given time just for Cole.

"... I don't think I am." Cole knows he's certain things. "I'm not... Wisdom. Wise. I'm just me. I don't really understand lots of mortal things."

And with the attention back on him personally, Cole is looking uncomfortable.

"One does not need to understand nor be wise to be clever. One can still do clever things simply by having an idea and acting on it."

He laughed softly then gave a tilt of his head. "Ah but I have brought you discomfort again. Certainly not my intention but my fascination with others can be a problem for some. How about we focus on me instead? I am a King and used to all eyes on me. What would you like to know about me?"

"When they focus on me, it hurts. They hurt me."

He shifts on the spot and nods, happy to have the focus change again.

"What were you a king of?"

Well if it hurt him then he was going to have to make sure to be careful about that. So instead he let all the focus settle on him rather than asking for clarification.

"I am the King of Conquerors. In my time I ruled over many lands. I am well known and loved, in my own time and even many years after my time."

"... You're Conquest!"

That is an idea that Cole can grasp. Not the King of Conquerors, but a manifestation of Conquest is something he understands. Maybe born of Valour?

"You should have just said that. Iskandar just confused me, but Conquest I understand."

He stopped and he stared at him. Likely what one would determine was past the point of comfort. However, it wasn't for the reason one might thing.

Because soon he was laughing and smiling so brightly. He adored what Cole had come up with for him and was already adopting it to attach it to himself.

"The Spirit of Conquest! Yes! That is very much who I am!"

Cole didn't feel that discomfort and just waited quietly.

Because then there was joy bubbling past the shard, and it drew a small smile from Cole that he made Conquest laugh like that. "Conquest- that makes more sense."

"I'm pleased I'm easier to understand now. It certainly gives a firm grasp of who I am. This one I will have to share with those around me."

It was probably his favorite title to date now that he thought about it. The Spirit of Conquest. It was so perfect.

"Do you want me to call you Iskandar or Conquest? I use Cole, even though I'm Compassion."

"Hmmm. I would respond to whichever you called me honestly. I truly have so many names and titles that I tend to just respond to a voice in my direction now." He wasn't even joking about that too.

"But... do you have a preference?"

Cole responded to a lot of things. But he preferred being called Cole.

"Iskandar is what I am called so let us have you call me that. And I shall call you Cole."

He grinned at him then, obviously still so pleased with the situation. "I like being this Spirit of Conquest. It suits me a great deal. You have my thanks."

"Of course it suits you. It's what you are. You're just... more as well. Like me. I'm Compassion, but also Cole. You're Conquest, but also Iskandar."

"I like this logic. Ah tell me, do you happen to enjoy drinking?" Though the question was directed towards him to his preferences, he kept it to that so he could hopefully prevent too much discomfort. He only wished to find more ways to spend time with him. That was all.

"I don't drink. Or eat. Or sleep, actually." He didn't need to do any of them and something about food made his insides curl with fear and revulsion.

"But I keep my stuff above the tavern. I stay there a lot."

"I used to be like that actually. To not have to eat or drink or sleep. Of course I still did them all for the sheer pleasure of it but that is not really the point I suppose." So spirits here go to keep all of that not needing to do the physical needs thing? Interesting.

"Though you staying above the tavern works. It means we can continue to spend more time together!"

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