[ the glance he spares the corners is less for fear of passing flamingos than lingering habit. a pleasant urban mansion isn't the war, it isn't val revin. and yet —
the gardens are irritatingly pleasant, and no one steps from the shadows to bury in a knife in him. he smiles broad and bland, brushes thank-yous to the servants, and leads with the brightly-wrapped bundle of flowers. a bouquet shed from its stems, of the sort one might intend a bath or dramatic bit of confetti.
an orlesian of the proper rank and breeding (or anyone pompous enough to bother) might read a message between the species of blooms: to new beginnings. ]
You've settled well. An investment?
[ why else anyone would buy an enormous house in kirkwall, she can't want to stay ]
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[ the glance he spares the corners is less for fear of passing flamingos than lingering habit. a pleasant urban mansion isn't the war, it isn't val revin. and yet —
the gardens are irritatingly pleasant, and no one steps from the shadows to bury in a knife in him. he smiles broad and bland, brushes thank-yous to the servants, and leads with the brightly-wrapped bundle of flowers. a bouquet shed from its stems, of the sort one might intend a bath or dramatic bit of confetti.
an orlesian of the proper rank and breeding (or anyone pompous enough to bother) might read a message between the species of blooms: to new beginnings. ]
You've settled well. An investment?
[ why else anyone would buy an enormous house in kirkwall, she can't want to stay ]