❝ DO YOU — ❞ HE was about to stick his foot in his mouth ; he could feel it . Many years of tripping over his own tongue had given him a sixth sense for it , like that lurch in a person’s stomach before they fell off a chair . Too bad it didn’t come with instructions on how not to make a fool of himself . ❝ Do you want to be called the Herald of Andraste ? ❞
❝ I know that’s what everyone’s calling you . ❞ His clarifications came quickly as if they could salvage whatever damage he might’ve done . ( Or maybe they’d make it worse . At any rate , he couldn’t stop the words from coming . ) ❝ I don’t know if I believe myself — but that’s not why I’m asking . I just — you’re Dalish, right ? Never met a Dalish elf who was Andrastian . Imagine it makes the title . . .uncomfortable if you’re not . I can’t stop anyone else from calling you Herald , but if you don’t want me to , I won’t . ❞
❛ uncomfortable certainly isn’t the word i’d choose , but it hardly seems to matter , one way or the other . ❜ the lady seeker seems adamant about it , to be sure . & leliana knows it doesn’t fit, but is too clever not to see all it’s uses . no , not uncomfortable , but angry , & it flashes through her with furious white heat . it bothers her less from frightened refugees , cold & afraid & looking desperately for any remaining scrap of hope they can claw at ; it doesn’t mean she lies to them — or for them . but this isn’t either .
❛ but you don’t — yes . i’d rather you didn’t . ❜ she blinks , once , twice . there’s an upward tilt to her voice , & she looks more confused than anything else . unsure . mislyn wonders if he really does want to know , or if he’s only asking to seem more agreeable ; she certainly hasn’t been very welcoming . knows a templar when she sees one , even if they no longer use the title . ❛ i , ah . thank you . for asking . ❜
