Wait, was that when there were all the wild dreams? That was right before I came back, I think. I missed that the Herald was there, though. How... was that?
Useful, if delivered in a traumatizing way. Though that seems pretty par for the course, in Thedas. No one's ever just like "I wanted to help, so here's that thing you needed."
[Alas.]
What were they like? The dreams. As long as you want to say, you don't have to.
It'd be a nice change of pace if it ever happened.
[ mused. but he's quiet a long moment after her question, then says, ]
Shitty, mostly. I heard some of the locals had a dream where the Herald hadn't died, but I didn't see much of that one, just the one where Corypheus won.
Not sad I missed that, honestly. I got a taste of that last time, you know. It wasn't dreams, it was ... wait, I honestly don't know if this is classified anymore, sorry. I'm not sure that matters now, but I guess I shouldn't make that call without checking. But, uh, it was a similar experience. But it also did get us some intel. It's the reason we expanded to Kirkwall, when we were still part of the Inquisition.
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God, the Herald, [ he says instead, into a bigger swallow of wine. ] Did anyone tell you we met her ghost at the start of the year?
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[ i am sorry that you — so many of you — have suffered. that was not my wish. ]
She talked to us to make sure we understood the whole point of them.
[ if he sounds a little salty, well. still feels a bit like she could've done that in the first place. ]
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[ he says, shrugs. ]
I don't think anyone knew about them before. Now we know that if they fall into Venatori hands, we're fucked.
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[Alas.]
What were they like? The dreams. As long as you want to say, you don't have to.
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[ mused. but he's quiet a long moment after her question, then says, ]
Shitty, mostly. I heard some of the locals had a dream where the Herald hadn't died, but I didn't see much of that one, just the one where Corypheus won.
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What are the odds this just happens every five years or so?
[ twice(ish?) isn't a pattern, exactly. but it's not nothing. ]
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Shit, man, better start the countdown.
...the good news is that would mean Corypheus is always a minimum of five years away from winning, so.
sticks a bow on this, y/n?
I don't mind those odds.