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And so what? Pirates can be polite. There's nothing about piracy that says, oh, yeah, I've got to be a bit of an arse to the people around me. I've known pickpockets and burglars who used please and thank-you like they were second nature. Pirates can, too.
Well - [ She hesitates, then forges ahead. ] I've not done piracy, no. Not exactly. But - I mean - what makes a pirate, exactly?
Well - [ Still a little reluctant - ] I've not done any sailing. But - I suppose the rest...yeah. Sort of. So.
[ An annoyed noise. ]
No. I'm just saying that I've done most of the things you've done, too, just off of boats instead of on 'em.
No. I'm just saying that I've done most of the things you've done, too, just off of boats instead of on 'em.
[ She makes another noise - less annoyed, now, than uncomfortable. ]
I'm not joking about this. I really have had experience with this sort of thing. Which is something to keep in confidence, by the way, please. But we never acted on a large enough scale to actually do any real damage, and like I said we weren't on boats so we weren't sacking any ports or whatever, but - I have.
I'm not joking about this. I really have had experience with this sort of thing. Which is something to keep in confidence, by the way, please. But we never acted on a large enough scale to actually do any real damage, and like I said we weren't on boats so we weren't sacking any ports or whatever, but - I have.
Something that might help you find that calm you're seeking - try being a little less serious now and again.
[ honestly, he's not joking either. she's under the impression that Nascere is some safe haven for freedom, because he hasn't spoken of the nastier sides, or what piracy really is. of ned low and how charles dealt with him. admirable as her convictions are, these aren't the people a girl with such noble values should strive to associate with. ]
The point I was making is you stop being a child when you prove you're more. It takes more than words.
[ honestly, he's not joking either. she's under the impression that Nascere is some safe haven for freedom, because he hasn't spoken of the nastier sides, or what piracy really is. of ned low and how charles dealt with him. admirable as her convictions are, these aren't the people a girl with such noble values should strive to associate with. ]
The point I was making is you stop being a child when you prove you're more. It takes more than words.
[ And a bit of the annoyance comes back. She's not serious. She's got a great sense of humor. She's made jokes! Dozens of them! ]
Well, and I've proven I'm more. I mean, not here, necessarily, but - I've risked my life, and I've - taken lives. In the service of my cause. So don't think that I'm not serious about what I want to do in Tevinter, or that it's just some flight of fancy that I'll wander away from, or that I'll get scared and run away. I won't. I'm as resolved as someone three times my age.
Well, and I've proven I'm more. I mean, not here, necessarily, but - I've risked my life, and I've - taken lives. In the service of my cause. So don't think that I'm not serious about what I want to do in Tevinter, or that it's just some flight of fancy that I'll wander away from, or that I'll get scared and run away. I won't. I'm as resolved as someone three times my age.
But not here.
[ like he said - it takes more than words. that, and: ]
Part of it's restraint. They won't respect you until they know you can control yourself. [ aka, not demand answers for eight million questions when they've said they don't want to give them. ]
[ like he said - it takes more than words. that, and: ]
Part of it's restraint. They won't respect you until they know you can control yourself. [ aka, not demand answers for eight million questions when they've said they don't want to give them. ]
[ what. ]
Absolutely not. If I don't ask questions, I won't learn things, and if I'm not learning things, I'm wasting what little time I have here.
Absolutely not. If I don't ask questions, I won't learn things, and if I'm not learning things, I'm wasting what little time I have here.
Vane, was it? I hear you're making friends.
[ he hears nothing of the sort, but as the pirates go, this one seems an appropriately blunt to start. ]
[ he hears nothing of the sort, but as the pirates go, this one seems an appropriately blunt to start. ]
Isaac. Inquisition research — ordinarily, I read a lot of dusty books.
[ it's not not true ]
But they've sent me to look for your land-bound competitors.
[ it's not not true ]
But they've sent me to look for your land-bound competitors.
Large men with swords. Who can acquire and move things quietly.
[ a pause: ]
Small men with swords, too — maybe knives, who am I to judge? The cargo's the important part.
[ a pause: ]
Small men with swords, too — maybe knives, who am I to judge? The cargo's the important part.
Smugglers? We've been out of contact with any since Nascere, unless Flint or Silver know something I don't.
[ which is possible. he gives much less of a shit about the logistics of all this than they do, and they all prefer it that way.
alternatively, if we are not talking about smugglers - da fuq, dude? use less words. ] What cargo are you looking for?
[ which is possible. he gives much less of a shit about the logistics of all this than they do, and they all prefer it that way.
alternatively, if we are not talking about smugglers - da fuq, dude? use less words. ] What cargo are you looking for?
Lyrium.
[ for forty-odd years it's been a persistent bad habit of isaac's to wax loquacious when he's nervous. and a lot of things make isaac nervous.
but pirates, smugglers, eight-packs, and red lyrium all rank somewhere on that list. ]
Red lyrium, specifically — but I can't imagine the old hands wouldn't have an easier time swapping to new stock. Enough of it's run through Kirkwall before that it might yet, even with the Inquisition camped out vulturous atop the Gallows.
[ for forty-odd years it's been a persistent bad habit of isaac's to wax loquacious when he's nervous. and a lot of things make isaac nervous.
but pirates, smugglers, eight-packs, and red lyrium all rank somewhere on that list. ]
Red lyrium, specifically — but I can't imagine the old hands wouldn't have an easier time swapping to new stock. Enough of it's run through Kirkwall before that it might yet, even with the Inquisition camped out vulturous atop the Gallows.
[ bawww don't be nervous, isaac, as long as you don't try to steal anything from him, stand in the way of him stealing something, or bring up anything about tevinter or slaves near him, it's like a 70% chance he won't murder you.
on the bright side, if he's close enough to kill you, he's close enough to cop a feel on the 8-pack. jussayin.
anyway, about lyrium. ]
I heard some crews happened on a prize or two transporting that shit, yeah. [ and weird stories that made Vane think it wouldn't be worth the trouble to chase it down. but yeah, people did it. ] None of them party to the ones we brought with us here.
[ do not go snooping around their crew, my dude, it will not be a good time. but in the case that isn't what Isaac's after - ] But anything like that with a steady demand, someone'll find a means to see it moved. What does Research want from us about it?
on the bright side, if he's close enough to kill you, he's close enough to cop a feel on the 8-pack. jussayin.
anyway, about lyrium. ]
I heard some crews happened on a prize or two transporting that shit, yeah. [ and weird stories that made Vane think it wouldn't be worth the trouble to chase it down. but yeah, people did it. ] None of them party to the ones we brought with us here.
[ do not go snooping around their crew, my dude, it will not be a good time. but in the case that isn't what Isaac's after - ] But anything like that with a steady demand, someone'll find a means to see it moved. What does Research want from us about it?
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We need a Warden found. There's word that he was helping run it, [ the lyrium. ] But little more than that.
It struck me wisest to consult an expert — I am terribly attached to my blood, I'd sooner not waste it on a Kirkwall alley.
It struck me wisest to consult an expert — I am terribly attached to my blood, I'd sooner not waste it on a Kirkwall alley.
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