@chaosmultiverse || Here
He welcomed the hand on his shoulder and didn't shy away from the touch. It was strange, being the one comforted for a change. Cole was so used to doing it for everyone else that he didn't get to be on the receiving end of it often.
It felt nice.
Cole felt some of the tension leaving him and his hands stopped picking at his gloves to fall at his sides.
"It's...isolating? I think that is the right word? Or lonely." Both worked. Either way, he was unique, which put him at the disadvantage of being strange to everyone else. Yes, he had Will, Varric, and Solas in his corner, and Cole did count them as friends, but he still felt...wrong.
"Your arm is more loud than mysterious. Shouted whispers of the Fade."













