A cold lump of dread congeals in his stomach at the words. Not being held to an explanation now is relief for the immediate anxiety, but he'll owe her one later and has all the way back to Kirkwall to think of it. Maybe there's a way out--maybe she'll forget about it, or he can avoid speaking of it until she has--
Maybe he shouldn't be thinking of hiding from this and maybe he has a duty to her to tell the truth, no matter how afraid he was (is). He ducks his head, coloring to the points of his ears with shame. "Of course, Warden," he mutters. "As you say."
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A cold lump of dread congeals in his stomach at the words. Not being held to an explanation now is relief for the immediate anxiety, but he'll owe her one later and has all the way back to Kirkwall to think of it. Maybe there's a way out--maybe she'll forget about it, or he can avoid speaking of it until she has--
Maybe he shouldn't be thinking of hiding from this and maybe he has a duty to her to tell the truth, no matter how afraid he was (is). He ducks his head, coloring to the points of his ears with shame. "Of course, Warden," he mutters. "As you say."