❛ … ❜
she’s sitting in the branches of a tree, knees pressed to her chest.
running away from her problems, of course – the problem being
that she can’t stand watching thousands of pitying eyes in sky-
hold turn towards her after everyone found out about her clan’s
massacre.
she can’t look at his eyes either, in fear that they’ll have the same
pitying expression that everyone else’s does.
❛ please … go away, solas. ❜
Indeed, to her misfortune, he is not so easily deterred.
He may be much older than he once was, but he is not
much less limber. If she does not oblige, she may pursue.
With silent, nimble feet, he hoists himself into the foliage
to join her, skillfully stepping on the branches until he is
beside her. His face is indeed voice of any false pity. She
does not need that.
He hums softly and lifts a hand to remove a small leaf
from her hair.
“ Hiding from them only encourages more concern. ”