Clouds always dissipate. Even in [ grey stormy terrible ] Kirkwall.
[ His shoulders and feet shift a little, the awkward sign of not being quite sure what to do with oneself next. The gesture looks genuine and mindless—and though it isn't, because Bastien never unconsciously fidgets, he doesn't mean it to be any more duplicitous than a wave goodbye would be. ]
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I suppose it is not as respectable as being a Venatori in Nevarra—but we aren’t half as disreputable as we were when we started, are we?
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[ It's meant at a joke in poor taste, but she shakes her head. ]
I think we are all managing as best we can, especially those of us with histories to cloud us.
how many times am I going to write Venatori when I mean Mortalitasi
[ His shoulders and feet shift a little, the awkward sign of not being quite sure what to do with oneself next. The gesture looks genuine and mindless—and though it isn't, because Bastien never unconsciously fidgets, he doesn't mean it to be any more duplicitous than a wave goodbye would be. ]
I will let you get back to work. Thank you again.