"Of course I don't have to. I'm not Alistair or Nate, with some title requiring them to see to things." No title at all, but now is not the time for his issues and concerns that the Wardens will never actually have any faith in him.
He shifts against the tree, shrugging, gaze lingering on the tossed chip of wood. She's angry, but she hasn't stormed off and that's become his measure of how bad a situation is with her.
"Truth be told, there are so few good things in this world that it's hard to trust it. Maybe somehow this is all on the level and it's okay. But that's not how things have ever gone for me. And by the sounds of it, it's not how it's ever gone for you. So I wanted to come find you and let you know this hasn't changed anything for me."
The problem with being prickly is that it only tends to worsen as someone becomes more prickly in return, but Teren is tired from being on-edge all day. She's grumpy with Anders, but at least grumpy is all she is. And the more he says, the less grumpy she becomes. "...I appreciate that," she admits in a mutter. "At the very least, if I'm going mad, you are too."
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He shifts against the tree, shrugging, gaze lingering on the tossed chip of wood. She's angry, but she hasn't stormed off and that's become his measure of how bad a situation is with her.
"Truth be told, there are so few good things in this world that it's hard to trust it. Maybe somehow this is all on the level and it's okay. But that's not how things have ever gone for me. And by the sounds of it, it's not how it's ever gone for you. So I wanted to come find you and let you know this hasn't changed anything for me."
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"...I appreciate that," she admits in a mutter. "At the very least, if I'm going mad, you are too."