@mouthydwarf:
Varric focuses hard on her face. There’s something in the back of his mind telling him that he should remember her–that if he just thinks on it for a while, he’ll recall something, some shred of memory; but the longer he looks, the more certain he becomes that this person isn’t familiar to him. What’s worse is that he can’t feel any heartbreak over the fact.
“No … I’m sorry, I don’t know who youo are.”
There must have been some reflection of the pain she felt on her face when he said those words, but she pushed it down as hard as she could. Her eyes were the only thing to betray her as they squinted painfully to fight back tears. Any other woman would have probably lost their composure, grabbed him, shook him, tell him who they were, but Chelle did none of that.
What good would it do? To scare someone who had no idea who he himself was, where he was let alone what was even going on by being a babbling mess. This wasn’t some children’s story where a sudden burst of loving emotion cured all ills. So she held it back, much to her credit.
“Oh well then, that’s okay.” With a straightened posture she reached her hand out to him and smiled warmly, “I’m Chelle. It’s a pleasure to meet you again, Varric Tethras.”
She didn’t know how long it would take for his memory to come back, or if it ever would really, but she would do her best for him. She would answer any questions he had, were he to choose to trust or even agree to take her help, and she would help him piece together everything and anything he needed to. No matter how long it took.
“You wanna go get a pint and talk about yourself? We have a tavern. It’s not the greatest in the world but it’s home...kind of.”











