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[wolfuncaged]

[Today, Fenris is trying out his letters. After the...ransom note incident, he's been a lot less keen to write anything down, but he's decided to give it another go. Of course, filtering this to himself or writing it on another piece of paper doesn't occur to him, so the journals get his attempts at writing scrawled all over them]



[He pauses, then tries the letter G a few more times, before giving a frustrated growl and scribbling it out. Fuck you, Letter G. It's at this point that he notices what he's been writing on. Oh. Pretend like it was on purpose, Fenris. Yup. He calmly dictates into the page;]

I have heard there was some kind of...dog creature on the grounds. Does anyone know what became of it? I fear I missed the chance to witness it for myself.

[Mostly because after seeing Andraste wandering around out there, he'd decided it wasn't a good idea to mess around with ghosts] Or if the spirits were here for any reason other than just to stand there.

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[wolfuncaged]

That is my hope.

[Most awkward pause ever]

No. Slaves are not permitted to learn to read or write. I never had the opportunity to learn until I escaped and met Hawke.

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[amiable]

[ ... ]

[amiable]

[ SUDDENLY VERY CONFUSED. ]

WHAT?!

[wolfuncaged]

...Did something confuse you?

[amiable]

Did you say slave? [ But that's such a... no, maybe he means differently? ]

[wolfuncaged]

Yes. I was a slave in the Tevinter Imperium for more years than I care remember. I earned my freedom just before the castle brought me here, and gave me a new cage in which to live.

[amiable]

[ Fenris, your life. ]

I... I'm sorry. That's just--

[wolfuncaged]

[It is a pile of crap forever]

It was the most miserable part of my existence, and what's worse, I was not even aware that it was so until I'd tasted freedom.

[amiable]

You don't think you're free here?

[wolfuncaged]

Would you call this place freedom? To be controlled by a magical being and kept inside its castle?

[amiable]

[ pause. ]

I think we can make the most of it here, at least.

[wolfuncaged]

Yes, it is a gilded cage, but you must never forget it is a cage nonetheless.

[amiable]

Do you miss home?

[wolfuncaged]

I do not really know. It is difficult to call a place home when you have no real memory of what one is like.

[amiable]

What do you think home should be like, then?

[wolfuncaged]

I have no idea, I have no experience to make a decision on such a thing.

[amiable]

Well, that's how you get experience! You start somewhere.

[wolfuncaged]

I am not sure how a magical castle would be a good place to start.

[amiable]

S-Sometimes you start off in some bad places, I guess!

[wolfuncaged]

I have spent most of my life in bad places.

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[amiable]

[ Sadness.

SO MUCH SADNESS. FENRIS YOU'RE A BALL OF SADNESS. ]

[amiable]

Hey, what's your favorite thing to do?

[wolfuncaged]

[His life is SUFFERING and MISERY]

...I enjoy drinking. And I am learning to read.

[amiable]

... Nothing else?

[wolfuncaged]

...Not...really?