[It's not really a question. Rather, it is like an invocation - maybe if she says it at the exact right strangled pitch, the ground will open up beneath her and she will slip neatly from his arms into the pit provided for her, never to be seen or heard from again. Imagine! A moment ago she'd almost been frightened of disappearing from Thedas forever, and now it suddenly seems like the most lovely thing a person could do.
She is saving the necklace. To melt down the chain for its metal, but that's beside the point. The point is:]
Then why on earth have you been spending so much time with us if it wasn't an expression of your steadfast and quiet devotion? You don't even like the science; I have seen the green look you get whenever one of us gets too close to a demon, or when I set that fire in the house's cellar. Which I maintain was barely a fire and more of a flash. Mr. Ellis, [he doesn't have lapels, but if he did she might be holding him by them now] you have carried all my things without complaint for six months.
[A labored look here and there, sure, but that barely counts.]
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[It's not really a question. Rather, it is like an invocation - maybe if she says it at the exact right strangled pitch, the ground will open up beneath her and she will slip neatly from his arms into the pit provided for her, never to be seen or heard from again. Imagine! A moment ago she'd almost been frightened of disappearing from Thedas forever, and now it suddenly seems like the most lovely thing a person could do.
She is saving the necklace. To melt down the chain for its metal, but that's beside the point. The point is:]
Then why on earth have you been spending so much time with us if it wasn't an expression of your steadfast and quiet devotion? You don't even like the science; I have seen the green look you get whenever one of us gets too close to a demon, or when I set that fire in the house's cellar. Which I maintain was barely a fire and more of a flash. Mr. Ellis, [he doesn't have lapels, but if he did she might be holding him by them now] you have carried all my things without complaint for six months.
[A labored look here and there, sure, but that barely counts.]