[ the poison settles, heavy and thick, in her stomach, and ness gags, just a little, nose wrinkled and eyes scrunched close in distaste— ]
What? [ she says, less because she really needs the repetition and more because she's struggling to process all the stimuli she's experiencing at once. the magebane is disgusting and thick and heavy, but the squirming stops with one final wriggle somewhere around her elbow. she breathes, and realizes she knows what stephen said. ] Oh, no, I...
[ a sigh, and she corks the magebane again and slips it back into the pouch at her belt. she doesn't avoid stephen's eyes, because that looks suspicious, but she's not particularly enthusiastic about meeting them. ]
I shouldn't have magic. I didn't, before I arrived in Thedas—I could summon lights, but that was all, nothing useful. Here, I... It comes upon me suddenly, and is destructive. That's all. Nothing murderous.
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[ the poison settles, heavy and thick, in her stomach, and ness gags, just a little, nose wrinkled and eyes scrunched close in distaste— ]
What? [ she says, less because she really needs the repetition and more because she's struggling to process all the stimuli she's experiencing at once. the magebane is disgusting and thick and heavy, but the squirming stops with one final wriggle somewhere around her elbow. she breathes, and realizes she knows what stephen said. ] Oh, no, I...
[ a sigh, and she corks the magebane again and slips it back into the pouch at her belt. she doesn't avoid stephen's eyes, because that looks suspicious, but she's not particularly enthusiastic about meeting them. ]
I shouldn't have magic. I didn't, before I arrived in Thedas—I could summon lights, but that was all, nothing useful. Here, I... It comes upon me suddenly, and is destructive. That's all. Nothing murderous.