III. SEMI-CLOSED.

[liberalum]

WHO: Dorian Pavus and the continued adventures of less dashing people.
WHAT: After briefly reuniting with his father, Dorian returns to Skyhold to navigate the current local turmoil and not have feelings where anyone can see.
WHEN: The latter half of Haring.
WHERE: Skyhold.
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[liberalum]

"Would it indeed? In my view, not really, if used to augment other magics, and as long as you bleed yourself and the circumstances necessitate it-- what's a little self-respect, in the long run? And animals lack the sufficient spiritual energy, I believe -- otherwise that might have solved some problems. Reputation, and rat infestations."

Dorian smiles again, shiny, like a knife in the sun. "But why the curiousity? Or are you grasping desperately about after the things that sound important? I wouldn't blame you."

[slaveking]

Marcel weighs his options internally, studying the moustache across from him. He wonders why Dorians clothes are so asymmetrical, and suspects he should have mugged somebody with slightly racier taste; he has nice biceps too that would benefit from all that. He should probably be a touch more concerned about the mage's inquiries, but he's too accustomed to prevailing as society's apex predator to really act like anything else.

"Wanted to know if the rules are the same."

He smiles easily, not too wide. And moves past the subject quickly, not evasively, but just like it wasn't all that important a diversion. Somewhat more pressing: "So does that mean you're worried about turning into darkspawn, yourself? I hear this means that you're on the front lines, even if you budget your soul for magic a little wiser than those people."

[liberalum]

Dorian laughs in usual understated, breathy way, innately condescending, but let's be real -- that's just how his face is.

"I'm in no danger of entering the Fade," he points out. "Not physically, anyway, even if I'm pulled there in my dreaming. What I'm in danger of," and he says that like there are quotation marks around it, one apex predator talking to another, "is becoming an Abomination. A mage who's been possessed by a demon in their dreams, and wakes up a monster. A different thing from a darkspawn, but lacks the taint of the Blight. It's the danger all mages pose, theoretically."

He waves his hand, and then gets to his feet, only slightly tentative on his foot before settling his weight. "But I'm highly skilled, making it an unlikelihood. I was educated, not beaten over the head with fear."