@patroklides ( ANDERS ) said: “ i’m sorry… i know this isn’t what you signed up for. ”
in an hour of need prompts // accepting !
AT HIS WORDS, HER HAND GOES STILL; the steady flow of healing arcane energy becomes a trickle & then ceases entirely. gaze lifts from the wound on his body that she has been METICULOUSLY trying to heal for a good moment now, and her eyes fill to the brim with confusion. what does he mean with ‘ not what you signed up for ’ ? nothing comes to her mind that he could refer to. he may have brought up the idea of her joining the grey wardens as a means to save her from premature death; he, surprisingly ( to her, at least ), may have played a significant role in the shocking events of the kirkwall rebellion.
YET, NEITHER EXAMPLE COUNTS AS SOMETHING HE WOULD HAVE FORCED HER TO SIGN UP FOR. furthermore, it had been her choice to accompany him after they had all left kirkwall behind & begun their new lives as ( likely very much wanted ) fugitives. no blindly signing up — the outcome and the consequences of her choice have always been crystal clear to her.
❝ THAT’S WHERE YOU’RE WRONG, ANDERS. ❞ there is a note of determination in her otherwise calm voice as she speaks. ❝ this is what i signed up for. ❞ gentle grace characterizes the movement of her left hand as she takes his hand on hers. her right hand is lifted above the wound again, HEALING MAGIC once more beginning to trickle from it.
THERE IS SILENCE THEN. heavy memories from the past long gone flash across bethany’s mind as she considers her next words. ❝ being on the run can be very lonely. ❞ especially now, especially in his case in the current state of the world. an ache swells within her heart at the thought; nobody deserves that, especially not a man as kind as anders is. ❝ and i don’t want you to go through it all alone. ❞
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