Recently. Recently so many things had been scorched down, literally and metaphorically, and her brow creases.
"Used to be?" Leliana cannot help sounding gently incredulous, trying to pin down Clarke's tone. Used to be hardly seemed as though it should even fall into the vocabulary of one so young as Clarke, but Leliana knows as well as anyone else that age can rarely be used as a marker for such things. Tilting her head just slightly, she observes Clarke for a moment longer before speaking.
"There will be plenty of time to resume your passions. Skyhold is home to many beautiful things, I think. An artist is more likely to find them than others. Showing things to people in ways they might not have considered previously is a gift well worth pursuing."
And what is art, music, storytelling... what are all of those things, if not the presentation of new perspectives and insights?
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
"Used to be?" Leliana cannot help sounding gently incredulous, trying to pin down Clarke's tone. Used to be hardly seemed as though it should even fall into the vocabulary of one so young as Clarke, but Leliana knows as well as anyone else that age can rarely be used as a marker for such things. Tilting her head just slightly, she observes Clarke for a moment longer before speaking.
"There will be plenty of time to resume your passions. Skyhold is home to many beautiful things, I think. An artist is more likely to find them than others. Showing things to people in ways they might not have considered previously is a gift well worth pursuing."
And what is art, music, storytelling... what are all of those things, if not the presentation of new perspectives and insights?