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WHO: Cole & Several (includes OPEN THREAD for Rifters)
WHAT: Compassion returns to Skyhold.
WHEN: Early-Mid Haring
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: Cole works best with individualized threads rather than completely open ones. Please don't be afraid to contact me (Plurk or PM) if you'd like to set something up! Prompts will be posted in comments.

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"I get that, but it's...not the same." He shrugs. "Very different materials. Very different technology level. And, I dunno, I'm not exactly much of a fighter here. I've never even touched a sword before." And Tucker's sword is, again, different technology, soooo.

"Pull the trigger, feel it rattle in your hands, shots flying too fast to see. You're right. You can't get a gun..."

Cole tips his head to one side. There's at least one more suggestion he can think of.

"Crossbows have triggers. It's different, but you could try."

He opens his mouth, about to argue that he doesn't know shit about bows and the tech is so rudimentary and backwards that he might as well beat his head against some stone and call it a day, but...well, crossbows are a step forward. A step ahead. Sure, you still have to reload them (hm, semi-auto crossbow?), but a trigger he doesn't need any special training for.

"I could try, yeah. There's an idea. I'll have to see if the blacksmith or...whoever can fashion me up one... How hard can it be to practice it, right?"

Cole gives an approving nod. That's the way to think about it.

"You should talk to Varric. He could show you Bianca. Although you might not be allowed to touch her."

"...Ordinarily I'd make some kind of comment about this, but the context clues tell me this is a guy who names his weapons girl names. Never really understood that. Like, I'm not gonna call my rifle Sheila. Or, like, Becky, or Tex, or whatever."

It occurs to him that he doesn't really know anything about this kid doling out advice. "Do you name your weapons? Is that maybe a common thing around here? I'm a little new to these parts."

"I don't," Cole says, shrugging. "My daggers don't need names — they're just daggers. Bianca's special."

How does he even see enough to shank people with daggers under such a floppy hat and mussy hair? "I'm sure she is. A man doesn't name his weapon after a, what, girlfriend, wife, ex? Without loving that weapon something awful. Christ, no wonder nobody I know's ever named their guns. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who's ever had a girlfriend of all of us."

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