( he nods. the last of the cornbread is tied in to a napkin and set at the corner of the table. )
You know many things about me, as only one who follows on another's heels could. My handwriting, my reading habits, my working hours. What else is there- where I was born; Doriath, how I met my wife; in Skyhold, on the parapets, my favorite tree; the rowan.
( he catches her eye while she works, and smiles. it's little- he isn't a full-toothed grinner unless it's nearer to a sneer. this is more like a secret they're sharing, conspiratorial. )
It was beautiful. ( and mm, that's definitely longing and a glance towards the window. ) The trees grew tall and dense, and our city was within a thousand carved caves on the banks of the Esgalduin. All was fair to behold, and all water sweet to drink.
( he doesn't get more elfy than this. )
It is a protective tree. It wards off ill. And I enjoy the taste of the fruit.
I'm with you, believe me. Factories were a place where weapons got made using people as their raw parts. I don't even know how many of my neighbors had lost fingers or arms to places like that.
Had you been outside a city before you came to Thedas?
( the nug finishes with the food on the plate, and then lifts his little hands to inefficiently lick them. thranduil turns away from her to take it off the floor. )
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Date: 2019-10-18 02:19 am (UTC)You know many things about me, as only one who follows on another's heels could. My handwriting, my reading habits, my working hours. What else is there- where I was born; Doriath, how I met my wife; in Skyhold, on the parapets, my favorite tree; the rowan.
( he catches her eye while she works, and smiles. it's little- he isn't a full-toothed grinner unless it's nearer to a sneer. this is more like a secret they're sharing, conspiratorial. )
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Date: 2019-10-18 02:23 am (UTC)[ And, with a little more curiosity: ]
And why rowan? 'Cause it wards off magic?
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Date: 2019-10-18 02:29 am (UTC)( he doesn't get more elfy than this. )
It is a protective tree. It wards off ill. And I enjoy the taste of the fruit.
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Date: 2019-10-18 02:32 am (UTC)Just caves? Did you have any sort of improvements? Like - did you have sewage systems? Were there kitchens built into 'em?
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Date: 2019-10-18 02:37 am (UTC)They were- carved. Purposeful. Decorated.
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Date: 2019-10-18 02:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-18 02:49 am (UTC)( it just sounds like a big river by the name. )
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Date: 2019-10-18 02:52 am (UTC)No. There was...industry, though.
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Date: 2019-10-18 02:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-18 03:02 am (UTC)I'm with you, believe me. Factories were a place where weapons got made using people as their raw parts. I don't even know how many of my neighbors had lost fingers or arms to places like that.
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Date: 2019-10-18 03:16 am (UTC)( the nug finishes with the food on the plate, and then lifts his little hands to inefficiently lick them. thranduil turns away from her to take it off the floor. )
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Date: 2019-10-18 03:20 am (UTC)Kitty shakes her head no. ]