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WHO: Cassandra Pentaghast and you
WHAT: Cassandra, in and around Skyhold
WHEN: First half of Drakonis, before the ball
WHERE: Various
NOTES: Does your character want to yell at Cassandra about Anders? About Galadriel? About her choices in general? Alternatively, do they want to celebrate her on a job well done and thank her for her vigilance in keeping Skyhold safe? Maybe try to finally get a straight answer about exactly what is going on? This is the place!

For timeline purposes: post-Anders announcement; before/in the midst of/after rifter interrogations; either pre-Galadriel's imprisonment or while she still languishes in the cells.

She might be found swinging angrily at the dummies in the yard, assisting Cullen in training what recruits they have, or nursing a large ale at the Herald's Rest. More than likely, she's dodging Vivienne and her endless preparations, instructions, and reminders for the ball. Wherever she is, Cassandra is likely not in the best of moods, and there is a certain righteous fire in her gaze whenever she is challenged. Leliana's words and the way she had looked at Cassandra still sting, but she does not regret what she has done.

Still, no one can possibly be angry all the time, right? Maybe you'll catch her on a good day...

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[stabsbooks]

Relief breaks out on Cassandra's face - relief, and perhaps a thread of vindication. She is not mad, she is not paranoid, Leliana had been wrong to accuse her.

"Yes," she says emphatically, nodding her head. "If she can do it - and that she threatens to do so. Regardless of anyone's safety."

She pauses, studying Nerva.

"I have told no one of this, save the Inquisition's advisors. I fear what may happen if what she has claimed she can do becomes public knowledge. If others with the shard realize that they may be capable of such a thing..."

[keeperofmagi]

Nerva nodded.

"I understand. Though I worry that it may be stumbled upon, regardless. If it is possible, it is only a matter of time before another realises they can attempt it."

[stabsbooks]

"I know."

She sighs, turning her head to gaze out over the valley below once more.

"I do not know how to stop that, but we can at least delay it. In the meantime, I have been questioning the other rifters - trying to determine which of them might pose a similar threat." She shakes her head. "To date, none of them have proven themselves to be Galadriel's equal in either ability or malicious intent." There's Church, of course, but he's a whole different thing. "But it is hard to know for certain."

[keeperofmagi]

"It is not a threat anyone in Thedasa has ever had to face." It isn't said softly - not exactly. But it is said sympathetically, her tone low, the meaning clear.

Who could hold it against Cassandra for not knowing how to handle something that literally no one had ever had to, before?

"But I will follow your lead, Seeker, and remain vigilant."

[stabsbooks]

"Thank you." She means it, giving Nerva a small smile. "Your support means...more than I can say."