[ she drags a hand along jaw. if the gesture’s weary, it’s not for kitty. she straightens, a conscious restructuring of form — abandons it for a bad job, sits along the edge of the bed. ]
Outside the Gallows, that is most prudent. Within, you will hear others. Those chosen say less of me than they do the one speaking. My friends, [ or the presumptuous and disrespectful. ] Call me Wren.
[ the edge of her mouth crinkles, rueful. ]
Coupe will do for now, I think.
[ better not to crowd the girl. she turns to rifle, comes up with book in hand. the binding’s old, frayed; still clearly once printed with some reverence. the rays of a sun are scored deep into the cover. an LC is inked into the corner of a page. she offers it to take. ]
You will need forgive me some hypocrisy, but consider it an accessory to practice, rather than the substance.
This is the Chant of Light. It is absent of certain verses — copies of these are rare, and I regret, not mine to give freely. In the mean, that is Orlesian, beside the Trade.
[ a parallel column. ]
Best to familiarize yourself with its contents. I understand that Skyhold intends to render them mandatory reading.
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four hundred years later
Date: 2018-08-15 04:47 pm (UTC)[ she drags a hand along jaw. if the gesture’s weary, it’s not for kitty. she straightens, a conscious restructuring of form — abandons it for a bad job, sits along the edge of the bed. ]
Outside the Gallows, that is most prudent. Within, you will hear others. Those chosen say less of me than they do the one speaking. My friends, [ or the presumptuous and disrespectful. ] Call me Wren.
[ the edge of her mouth crinkles, rueful. ]
Coupe will do for now, I think.
[ better not to crowd the girl. she turns to rifle, comes up with book in hand. the binding’s old, frayed; still clearly once printed with some reverence. the rays of a sun are scored deep into the cover. an LC is inked into the corner of a page. she offers it to take. ]
You will need forgive me some hypocrisy, but consider it an accessory to practice, rather than the substance.
This is the Chant of Light. It is absent of certain verses — copies of these are rare, and I regret, not mine to give freely. In the mean, that is Orlesian, beside the Trade.
[ a parallel column. ]
Best to familiarize yourself with its contents. I understand that Skyhold intends to render them mandatory reading.