I resent a lot of things I have to do. I do it anyway. What I want has had very little impact on my life up until now.
[ She could do it, she tells herself. Not just the journey back, but the whole thing. For the rest of her life. She could bond to someone well suited to her, have his children, raise them, and live the unremarkable life that had been her path since she was born. She would do it with the knowledge that one unremarkable life was worth it, to push the Dalish that much further towards the future.
But Zevran's right. It's easier to tell herself that she could do it, but actually living that life? Could she do that every day, wake up and go to sleep, living in content misery? ]
And I mean. It's different for me. I still have my mother. I've disappointed her enough. She was worried about me coming to Skyhold, and if I stayed here, it'd just--It'd prove her worries right. It'd be selfish, and it'd be irresponsible.
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Date: 2016-04-15 01:00 am (UTC)[ She could do it, she tells herself. Not just the journey back, but the whole thing. For the rest of her life. She could bond to someone well suited to her, have his children, raise them, and live the unremarkable life that had been her path since she was born. She would do it with the knowledge that one unremarkable life was worth it, to push the Dalish that much further towards the future.
But Zevran's right. It's easier to tell herself that she could do it, but actually living that life? Could she do that every day, wake up and go to sleep, living in content misery? ]
And I mean. It's different for me. I still have my mother. I've disappointed her enough. She was worried about me coming to Skyhold, and if I stayed here, it'd just--It'd prove her worries right. It'd be selfish, and it'd be irresponsible.