onetrackminds | (no subject)

Have you talked to her at all?

[Because yeah, even though thinking about it is pretty brain breaking, he's still curious. >.>]

Only once, but yes.

And what did you think? Was she as charming as I am?

[he pauses to consider how to phrase that for a moment.]

You both have something that draws people in.

...I'll take that as a compliment.

It was intended as one.

[That earns a smile from Hawke; he can't help it - that sounded just like his Anders.]

You should do that more often. It's really quite nice.

[Pushing it too far? Hawke? Maaaaaaybe.]

[it's so easy to relax around this Hawke - it surprises him every time he thinks about it.]

One thing I do know is that you've never needed help building up your ego.

Nonsense. My ego needs boosting every once in a while just like anyone else's.

[Lies, Hawke, no it doesn't!]

I'll keep that in mind, then.

[not that he really buys it.]

That's very good of you. I appreciate it.

[Shameless flirting is now a go; even as he does so he wonders if he should resist but resisting Anders has never been something Hawke was very good at.]

[why did no one tell Anders that they're meant to be doing nothing but flirt?]

The two of you seem to take everything very lightly.

[Clearly the Hawke Anders remembers is stupid and a fake. 8|]

It's either that or be depressed all the time. And as Fenris does enough brooding for the lot of us, it'd be wasteful to join him.

But doesn't it make you angry? Being here, I mean.

[he's not sure if he should be bringing it up, but had it been the Hawke he knows, he would have. And it's clear he needs to get it off his chest.]

It does, if I let myself think about it too much. But what good does that do anyone?

I can't just let go of it. [looks away.] There was so much I needed to do in Kirkwall.

[he had his clinic, for one. And there were still templars living and breathing for another.]

[paaaaaause]

I don't suppose it would do you much good to tell you that you did accomplish most of what you wanted?

[Chantry in pieces, the Circle eradicated, the Templars crippled and leaderless...]

[that makes him stop.]

What happened in those three years?

To summarize, the Knight-Commander finally learned that playing with fire will get you burned.

[he likes the thought of that. Very much so.]

What happened with the templars?

...A great number of them also learned Meredith's lesson.

[He pauses thoughtfully, wondering how much he should reveal, or if he should just reveal it all; does it really matter, here, so far removed from Kirkwall and everything else they've ever known?]

I honestly didn't stick around for long enough to find out what the survivors did.

[He's just trying to imagine it. The idea makes him happy (Justice as well), but it's difficult to picture it nonetheless. The Hawke he knows sided with the templars.]

What caused it in the end?

A lot of little things. With the viscount dead there was really no one to check Meredith's power. Resentment built up over the years and finally burst.

It seems unlikely it will be the same for-- For the Hawke I know. He doesn't share your views of her.

[That is a chilling thought indeed. What would this Hawke, who sided with the Templars over the mages, over his own sister, have done to Anders once the Chantry had been utterly decimated? Hawke had no doubt Anders would have found a way to plant the explosives there even without his help - probably would have had to, from what Anders had told him of their relationship. Anders had invited his own death once his actions had been revealed; Hawke had refused to oblige him. Would this other Hawke...?]

[No. He wasn't going to think about it. He wasn't even going to speculate. He refused to imagine a reality, any reality, where he would willingly murder the man beside him.]

Then he is blind as well as a fool.

Edited 2012-10-25 05:54 (UTC)

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