“no, you don’t get to die.” for ro
save the world, go home. that was the deal, right? that's what was supposed to happen. elgar'nan is dead, solas is tied to the veil, and she gets to live happily ever after with her paranormal-loving paramour. right? right.
but ferona gets to the bottom of the blight tendril, greeted by those she loves most - and proceeds to almost immediately collapse, alessio being the only thing propping her up. "i'm fine-"
"ferona-" teia's voice, teia's there, and her brown eyes stare into her talon's golden ones. "what is it, what's wrong?" there is a flurry of activity as she's brought somewhere safe, back into the temporary base. stripped and prodded, and when the stab wound on her side is revealed, when she starts coughing up blood...
"teia- i fucked up again-" she coughs again; there's blood on her lips, blood in her lungs. ro can see everyone trying to rush to fix her; bellara is trying to pull her healing magic, to knit her organs and flesh back together. "teia- mamae-"
"no! you don't get to die, ferona!" the seventh talon sounds scared, something ro hasn't ever heard before. she thinks she could have gone the rest of her life without hearing andarateia cantori sounding frightened. "you are going to live, that is an order. do you hear me?"
"yes, mamae-" there is the slow pull of blood being held inside her body, of her organs being pushed where they're supposed to be, of bellara holding her hands over the wounds while the healer starts properly stitching her up. "yes, ma'am.."
there are three or four teia's standing over her, as darkness tugs at her vision. she hears teia repeat herself, she doesn't get to die. it's an order, before everything goes dark.