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WHO: Bethany Hawke and You
WHAT: Exploring the Inquisition
WHEN: The next few days of Wintermarch
WHERE: The garden, the tavern, the courtyard, the library.
NOTES: Content warnings, OOC notes, links to other relevant posts, etc.

The first thing Bethany did after arriving at Skyhold?

A bath. A beautiful, long hot bath where she soaked with nice soap and some sort of fancy oil and just ... cleansed herself from about a week's worth of sand and dirt. After that though, well.

Bethany used to be the sort of person who would keep to the edges to not be noticed. Kept herself hidden, to keep herself from being taken to a Circle. Her family went through such risks to keep her free - keeping her head down seemed to be a small sacrifice to make.

Now, nine years - almost ten! - years a Warden and she still observed quietly from the background. Yet now, she would step forward. Move more boldly, with more confidence and a great deal more poise. She also, as she had been apt to do even in her days in Kirkwall, stopped to help people.

So there you will find her, all around Skyhold, quietly soaking up everything, or chatting happily with someone as she helps them carry firewood or food out to the hungry troops training in the yard. The first thing you will know is that smile - dimples and bright, and completely unfeigned. Who knows, maybe it's just pointing at you.

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Echoing that grin, Korrin lifts her mug in turn and takes a hearty swig to that toast. She makes a mental note to introduce them sometime; Bethany's new, and another friendly non-Warden face might do her some good. And it also can't hurt to let more natives see that rifters aren't demons.

Her grin fades at hearing that news, and though they've only just met, she rests a hand on the other woman's shoulder. "I don't blame you for that, not with how nasty it is out there. As far as I can tell, Hawkes are a resilient bunch. If he's anything like his sisters, Carver will manage. Perhaps Sister Leliana can help you learn more."

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Honestly, Bethany does enjoy meeting new people. She tends to be on the quiet, wry side, mostly to protect her family from her heritage. Meeting Rifters? A whole new experience.

She looks over at Korrin, and smiles up at her. "I hope so. We have been, so far ... and I'm not worried. Well, overly worried." She sighs, "I'd just feel better if he was here, with me." Marian too, but she wasn't going to go pushing that particular button.

"Sister Leliana ..." She shook her head with a wry smile, "I can't believe she's the Left Hand of the Divine - do you know she used to be a lay sister in Lothering?"

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Setting down her not-quite-empty mug, Korrin tilts her head at that. "I knew she was that, and of course about her joining the Hero of Ferelden, but not about Lothering specifically. That was your hometown, wasn't it?" Or one among many, but at the moment, the details from Varric's book are a little fuzzy. "Did you know her well, back then?"

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"I knew about that, of course, but honestly I couldn't believe it was the same person." Bethany eyed the near bottom of her mug, before she stated simply. "It was. Nothing much there, but it was where my parents had our farm. Where we were all born. Sometimes I wonder about going back there, visiting my father's grave ... but I've been told there's little left."

She took the subject change, and went with it, "Not that well, but well enough. She used to tell me tales of Andraste, and all the miracles she performed. It was comforting."