He'd spent a great deal of his life running away. It was nothing new. Granted, he'd also been caught many, many times, but at least he knew something about trying to hide. In theory. They at least hadn't caught him in Kirkwall and he'd been running a clinic with a lantern. Ignore the fact that he'd had help from Hawke and Varric both in that, and the way the guard hadn't exactly been looking in his direction no matter how unimpressed he'd been with Aveline.
...Okay, he wasn't great at staying free, but at least he was great at getting free.
And also great at making the people who gave a care about him tired, as evidenced by the way Varric's looking at him. It's hard to sort out what he should be doing, what he owes people and who he should be, when he has a spirit clamoring in his head about what needs to be done and how others don't matter when there's injustices to be worried about.
Anders looks equally tired as he looks past Varric. The Dwarf is putting himself at risk for him. Despite Justice's opinion, that matters. That matters a lot. Which means that Anders is going to try for a little bit of the old humor, no matter how difficult it is to bring back up when the weight of what he's done rests between them.
"Maybe if you put more heaving bosoms into Swords and Shields people would pick it up more. Swords and Shields even sounds prickly and stiff, and not the good sort." It's weak. Very weak. But it's a try because he owes Varric more than he can pay back. "Also I'll have you know that Detlef is a perfectly good A-- name for people from the Anderfels. Very common, with enough of them that no one would be surprised to meet another."
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...Okay, he wasn't great at staying free, but at least he was great at getting free.
And also great at making the people who gave a care about him tired, as evidenced by the way Varric's looking at him. It's hard to sort out what he should be doing, what he owes people and who he should be, when he has a spirit clamoring in his head about what needs to be done and how others don't matter when there's injustices to be worried about.
Anders looks equally tired as he looks past Varric. The Dwarf is putting himself at risk for him. Despite Justice's opinion, that matters. That matters a lot. Which means that Anders is going to try for a little bit of the old humor, no matter how difficult it is to bring back up when the weight of what he's done rests between them.
"Maybe if you put more heaving bosoms into Swords and Shields people would pick it up more. Swords and Shields even sounds prickly and stiff, and not the good sort." It's weak. Very weak. But it's a try because he owes Varric more than he can pay back. "Also I'll have you know that Detlef is a perfectly good A-- name for people from the Anderfels. Very common, with enough of them that no one would be surprised to meet another."