[ everything about the place is low, if reports are to be believed. but if reports are to be believed, there were also krakens to survive, and ruins to hike through — ]
The grounds are, [ big. ostentatious. full of conveniently-shadowed corners to lurk in with a knife. ] A sight. Do you truly require an invitation to greet one's own blood?
An invitation or a shield. Perhaps very thick gloves. And elfroot, for the headache. [ He sounds very cheerful. Almost proud. ] She is my favorite cousin.
[ And now pause to evaluate this conversation. The best theory he can come up with is that there is Something Afoot that requires intervention. ]
If she has sworn you to secrecy over some trouble, Ser Coupe, perhaps cough twice.
A shield, of course. This is what I have been missing.
I do not believe we need invoke the seal of congestion, [ ba dum ts ] The house is some distance from the Gallows, and considering the current climate —
[ know her. and if that's a brushoff, it's also part explanation. gwen's profile has receded considerably since her last publication — so far from court, so long after, it's almost unthinkable someone might make an issue of it.
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[ everything about the place is low, if reports are to be believed. but if reports are to be believed, there were also krakens to survive, and ruins to hike through — ]
The grounds are, [ big. ostentatious. full of conveniently-shadowed corners to lurk in with a knife. ] A sight. Do you truly require an invitation to greet one's own blood?
[ yes. generally. that's not the point!! ]
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[ And now pause to evaluate this conversation. The best theory he can come up with is that there is Something Afoot that requires intervention. ]
If she has sworn you to secrecy over some trouble, Ser Coupe, perhaps cough twice.
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I do not believe we need invoke the seal of congestion, [ ba dum ts ] The house is some distance from the Gallows, and considering the current climate —
[ rifters, not weather ]
It is a poor time to be alone, even in Hightown.
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Has anyone suggested to her that she return to the Gallows?
[ Because it'd be funny to see the claw marks. ]
Or—forgive me, I did not realize you knew her so well.
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[ know her. and if that's a brushoff, it's also part explanation. gwen's profile has receded considerably since her last publication — so far from court, so long after, it's almost unthinkable someone might make an issue of it.
but it's only called paranoia in ferelden. ]
Perhaps you might propose it to her, in person.
[ while she's far enough away to find earmuffs ]
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