It hadn't. There had been the ball, the dancing, the drinking, the offers made- Alistair already long gone out of Ferelden forever or as long as he could stand to be away. Usually when Zevran in the intermittent years found his favorite warden and visited in person he was the one packing, leaving with a joke and a wave.
He does not do well alone, he's learned. The past decade proved that well; after so long with the crows, with even the barbed arms of Taliesin. Having someone kind, someone he trusted implicitly here had been enough to soften and spoil him.
After a moment he pushes away from the wall to assist with the packing. Beyond the walls, not gone entirely. He'll be fine. ]
I will come to you, yes? It is not so far a climb.
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Date: 2016-03-14 09:06 pm (UTC)[ Last time it had been like this-
It hadn't. There had been the ball, the dancing, the drinking, the offers made- Alistair already long gone out of Ferelden forever or as long as he could stand to be away. Usually when Zevran in the intermittent years found his favorite warden and visited in person he was the one packing, leaving with a joke and a wave.
He does not do well alone, he's learned. The past decade proved that well; after so long with the crows, with even the barbed arms of Taliesin. Having someone kind, someone he trusted implicitly here had been enough to soften and spoil him.
After a moment he pushes away from the wall to assist with the packing. Beyond the walls, not gone entirely. He'll be fine. ]
I will come to you, yes? It is not so far a climb.