( after a slight pause, Gwenaëlle sets her letter down in her lap and looks up. )
Varric Tethras' absurd display of somehow, simultaneously, his insecurity and his ego was an embarrassment. I'm not flattered by your insulting encouragement of his ridiculous and unkind behaviour because you've decided that I won an imaginary competition existing only in his head I wouldn't ever choose to dignify. That does us both a - a stupid disservice, as much as I don't have any desire to defend him. I don't want your money or your company and I've absolutely nothing to say to you about my work.
( he's right, though - if he were human, if she'd been willing to treat him equally, she'd have said as much and more sharply the instant he told her what he was doing and why. it wouldn't have been any friendlier - she means every word of it, he's only repeating what hurt her in the first place - but it would have been quicker and more honest. )
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Varric Tethras' absurd display of somehow, simultaneously, his insecurity and his ego was an embarrassment. I'm not flattered by your insulting encouragement of his ridiculous and unkind behaviour because you've decided that I won an imaginary competition existing only in his head I wouldn't ever choose to dignify. That does us both a - a stupid disservice, as much as I don't have any desire to defend him. I don't want your money or your company and I've absolutely nothing to say to you about my work.
( he's right, though - if he were human, if she'd been willing to treat him equally, she'd have said as much and more sharply the instant he told her what he was doing and why. it wouldn't have been any friendlier - she means every word of it, he's only repeating what hurt her in the first place - but it would have been quicker and more honest. )