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Think of it like this: I might say somebody who looks good and attractive is handsome. I could pick out five or six at the market, probably.
You’re past handsome. More than handsome.
Oh! Well, oh well that is very kind of you to say, really! I am... well now I am very embarrassed that it was you who had to pick up my unders.
They are definitely trying to be flattering. You’re past handsome.
How does someone become past handsome? Am I handsome only in the past? Or is there something better than handsome?
[She makes a short snort-choke sound as she tries to muffle a sudden giggle.]
No…no, they were not trying to talk about your temperature.
[ he nods ] That is what I thought.
But I think it can be flattering! I do like to be thought as brave and handsome!
Don’t be down on yourself! It’s very dashing, and brave.
Well, I have been told I was both. And that I was hot, and I am starting to think it is not my temperature. Hmm.
Oh, no, I see…I’m sorry to hear that. [But he’s single. Single is good.] That’s very noble of you.
I just think it is a good use of my skills. There is little good to do when you are only good at beating up monsters and troublemongers.
Ooh, then you won’t like Dawnstar. What brought you to Skyrim, if you don’t like the cold?
I ah, I came with a lover of mine. He is not around anymore. [ he gives her a sad, apologetic smile. ] I joined the Dawnguard because I lost him to vampires. It is a sad story, I do not want people to go through what I have.
Did you? Were you? That’s a lot. I’ve been in Skyrim all my life; you must have seen the world.
No longer a sailor, it is a sad fact. But I did see the world, yes! Some, maybe. I think the Southern parts. The North is too cold for me and even when the summer is nicer, I still long for Rihad!
Everyone being right for everyone sounds a little too optimistic.
[ he shrugs ] It helps me sleep better at night.
Well, magic has its good points, sure, but I’d rather figure out how to do things on my own. Like you do with your mace.
I couldn’t pick up a mace, for sure. Must have taken a lot of work for you to do it well.
[ he puts the basket of wet laundry down, it’s story time. ]
I was a fighter for the Fighter’s Guild in Bruma, did you know? I moved here later, I used to stay in Ivarstead. And then I got recruited by the Dawnguard!
I sailed, too.
Dawnguard. [She knows that word. Something she forgot on purpose. Doesn’t want to remember. That symbol…]
…You should go.
Are you alright? You look... is everything alright, miss?
They are. They’re…too good for me, really. I’m glad they haven’t realized it, yet.
I should be sorry. A lot of people were worried.
[ he frowns. He remembers Sjorn. ] No one is too good for anyone. I think everyone is right for everyone, just in different ways.
People can worry but that worry goes away when they see you again.
Isn’t swinging swords and such just a lot of failing and trying over again? [Something like that. She’s trying to be witty but his lips are distracting.]
I don’t have any magic, but that’s why I invent things. Magic shouldn’t do everything useful, right?
[…Please don’t let him be a mage.]
Ah, well! Yes! I think that you have a good point. I am better with a mace than I am with magic, but when you are swinging a sword or a club you still get to hit things and take your frustrations out.
Magic is not for me, I think. Work of witches, and they scare me!
I think you are doing a good thing. Why should mages have all the luck when they start fires and hurt themselves?
[He does? He looks too friendly. He’ll get himself killed. She frowns.] You shouldn’t. You should go home.
[Where has she seen that symbol before?]
I am a member of the Dawnguard, and a good one a that! It is better if we go together, anyway. Safety in numbers.
[Shey hates feeling guilty. If she feels anything, lately, it’s guilt and worry.]
Things have been busy. Aura and Garan…I don’t know if I ever told you about them. I live with them. They want to move to Solitude. It’d be good, right? I’d be closer to my ship.
Just…you know, I’m sorry.
They are your men, right? Lovers? You had mentioned them before, I am sorry if I forgot. [ he grins a little here ]
Solitude is a nice city, I hear it has got many good things to buy, and if it is close to your ship that is even better!
You do not have to be sorry, I think everyone can be busy and not be sorry for it.
Vampires hunt people.
Well, I hunt vampires. [ he smiles, hoping it would be a vote of confidence to her. ] So there is no reason to be scared!
Oh, I help out my brother, some, at his forge. I invent things, you know.
Oh! I never could invent things, I think it is just too much failing and trying all over again, I think I would get too frustrated. There is an inventor in the Dawnguard and she gets frustrated many times. I do not know how she keeps going.
Magic, I think?
You hunt vampires? [Something to warn Babette about.] Really? That’s impressive.
[ he is bashful ]
Well, yes, I think it is! It is good work we do! I am very proud of it! A-and you? What kind of work do you do in Dawnstar? Or are you just travelling?
