[He says it simply, quietly--softly. And maybe this time there's a soft tinge of gentleness that Bruce hadn't let slip until this moment. Zevran has suffered, that much is true, and he has gone through much. But he has Alistair, and the other elves, and so many people in the Inquisition. The fact that so many went out to get him back showed as much. If they didn't care, they wouldn't have gone through all that effort just to bring him back.]
You have people who care about you, Zevran. [Something Bruce never had, and now will never have.] You haven't lost anything, Zevran. You gained everything by leaving the Crows.
[He gained people who would stand for him, care for him and fight for him. So many people who came to see Zevran in all the days that Bruce was around, glimpses of others who would come to talk with Zevran and check on him on both good days and back. Zevran has so much now, truly, more than perhaps the elf can realize.]
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[He says it simply, quietly--softly. And maybe this time there's a soft tinge of gentleness that Bruce hadn't let slip until this moment. Zevran has suffered, that much is true, and he has gone through much. But he has Alistair, and the other elves, and so many people in the Inquisition. The fact that so many went out to get him back showed as much. If they didn't care, they wouldn't have gone through all that effort just to bring him back.]
You have people who care about you, Zevran. [Something Bruce never had, and now will never have.] You haven't lost anything, Zevran. You gained everything by leaving the Crows.
[He gained people who would stand for him, care for him and fight for him. So many people who came to see Zevran in all the days that Bruce was around, glimpses of others who would come to talk with Zevran and check on him on both good days and back. Zevran has so much now, truly, more than perhaps the elf can realize.]