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[ Urgh. Nasrin can't see it but Bull reaches up, scratches at his stubble. ]

No, I didn't. But- he left, back home. After we defeated Corypheus. Wouldn't say why to that, either. Didn't at the time, wouldn't give me or Dorian much here, either.

Wait. He left back home?

[ That's not something she's heard before. Now that adds so many more questions. Lavellan is silent, hurt, and passes a hand over her forehead and eyes. ]

Well.

[ Shit. Why would he leave? ]

I suppose that's why he was so...jumpy about being around us. At least, that's how he was around me.

Yeah. Orb broke and he left.

[ :C He wishes he didn't have to tell her this, but... well. She should know. ]

He was like that with me, too. Cagey. Hiding something.

So we won't be able to recover it.

[ There go any hopes she had at removing the mark from herself, too. She frowns. uncertain how she wants to proceed with this information. ]

He... I guess he thought he was escaping us somehow and then found us all here, so he returned.

[ Which doesn't make it any easier to cope with. ]

I think-- I think he called me vhenan when he saw me. But he wouldn't tell me why. He looked like he'd seen a ghost when I saw him.

Yeah. Sorry, Boss.

[ He is sorry, too.

He's also... not really sure what to do with that information. ]

Did he? Weird. I don't remember anything like that from home.

It's okay. I don't think any of us really expected that.

[ Solas was-- is their friend, after all. But she remembers that he said he would stay for now. It hurts that he couldn't have simply told them he was going rather than vanishing. ]

I don't either.

[ And that makes things very strange on her end. ]

I wasn't...seeing anyone back home. I didn't think it was the right time. But now I wonder if that was a mistake.

[ That there were opportunities that have no slipped through her fingers when she had originally thought that it would be better to wait until after Corypheus was dead. ]

[ uhhhhhhhhh ]

Not much point in worrying about it now. It'll just mess with your head.

[ There's a brief sigh on her end, like a release of tension. ]

...You're right. Better to let it go, yeah?

Yeah. Easier said than done, I know.

[ A beat, then- ]

But I can always distract you.

[ There's a pause of her own but when she speaks again, her smile is evident. ]

I'd like that.

I seem to remember saying I'd give you a massage.

That's right, you did offer that.

[ No time like the present, she supposes. ]

My place or yours, Bull?

Depends on how much dragonling you want to deal with.

[ There's laughter from her end. ]

Oh, I don't mind her. So long as she doesn't dig her claws into my back to copy you, I don't mind.

Nah. Might just shove her nose into your ribs.

Then I don't mind your place, if you want. I could weave some flowers into her horns to keep her busy for an hour or so.

[ He snorts. That's a cute mental image. ] How long would that take?

Provided she doesn't eat the flowers?

[ She chuckles. ]

Half an hour, I'd say. But that's also going to depend on how many flowers I'll need for her and if she'll sit still while I do it.

[ There's a pause. ]

Maybe we should do that another time. She'll definitely try to see what you're doing.

That's...probably best. Maybe I'll just bring her a bone over instead?

She'll like that. We've got a few here, too.

Of that, I'm not surprised. So, in a few hours?

Works for me. See you then, Boss.

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