"All true things. Varric doesn't lie to me." She's confident of that. In the early days, yes, they barely knew each other then, and they both were born liars. But at a point, they bonded so tightly that nothing could touch it. He lied about her and for her, but never to her. "Outside of lies of omission, of course, they don't count." Hawke smiles at that. Everyone still deserves their secrets. "He said you were handsome and complicated." And some other details she was omitting because that wasn't lying, and Varric's observations were usually personal and a little too on the nose. Dorian didn't know her yet. It's better to keep it casual.
"Blah, reading." Hawke lacks the patience for studying. Her intelligence is in wit and instinct, and that's about all she feels she needs at the moment. She moves into the kitchen for a moment and comes back with water for him and some bread to nibble on for her. "In my defense, you go ahead and read it and try not to get a headache. This place is mad. We're used to monsters, yes, but ...." Perhaps she read more than she plans on admitting to. "So here's the fun thing, they all thought they were hallucinating. They called it a simulation, but it felt real at the time, and then they woke up here. With all those bizarre tubes down in the ground." None of which made any sense to her. She has a feeling there was a culture difference she isn't fully prepared for. "So it's a bit of a mindfuck. They're all wondering if we're real or fake."
Hawke doesn't have any insight into that. She feels real. That'll have to be enough. "Far as I know, we're not anywhere near home. We're not on the same plane. We're somewhere else completely."
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"Blah, reading." Hawke lacks the patience for studying. Her intelligence is in wit and instinct, and that's about all she feels she needs at the moment. She moves into the kitchen for a moment and comes back with water for him and some bread to nibble on for her. "In my defense, you go ahead and read it and try not to get a headache. This place is mad. We're used to monsters, yes, but ...." Perhaps she read more than she plans on admitting to. "So here's the fun thing, they all thought they were hallucinating. They called it a simulation, but it felt real at the time, and then they woke up here. With all those bizarre tubes down in the ground." None of which made any sense to her. She has a feeling there was a culture difference she isn't fully prepared for. "So it's a bit of a mindfuck. They're all wondering if we're real or fake."
Hawke doesn't have any insight into that. She feels real. That'll have to be enough. "Far as I know, we're not anywhere near home. We're not on the same plane. We're somewhere else completely."