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.
[ 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.
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.
[ 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.
[ 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. ]
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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.
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[ a chuckle, because oh, booboo, you aren't even old enough to fit most of what he's done into your life yet. ]
So what was the last port town you sacked?
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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.
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[ 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.
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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.
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[ 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. ]
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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.
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