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For you, Boss? Always.

You know that Solas is gone.

[ Since Cole had made that post. ]

We went to speak with the representative about it. She told us that he left willingly...and also asked that they take him back to before he made the decision so he would not remember his time here.

[ Truth be told, it's unsettling. Not just their capabilities but that Solas had specifically asked for all of this. Or so they claimed. ]

Did you speak with him before he left? Do you know why he would do this?

[ 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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