Well. I have not seen evidence of that on either side of things.
[no, his husband seems cute, but she doesn't know him that well. hawke is... fine.]
But, no, I mean... You both come from a place where you've been mistreated for who you are constantly, and now you're here and cannot imagine that isn't the foremost quality you're being judged on.
I don't think you think so, either. No one does. But he still assumes everyone does unless relentlessly convinced otherwise. I'm from a world where magic is rather unremarkable, and since he sees me as a fellow mage, he still seeks to convince me that I must expect to be persecuted.
And you're a bit like that, as well.
[anyway, it's just an observation.]
I won't tell anyone anything you wish to hide. I do understand your worries. I spent the first week or so here feeling I ought not to mention I was a Sharran, even though no one here knows what that is.
But if you were to shed the assumption that others will hate you for your nature, I don't think you would be ill-served by it.
[It's an observation, but it really gets him to think. Other than that memory snafu at curfew, nobody had really expressed any dislike of dragons. Maybe he's safe here after all?]
Well, about a third of the people here know about it now. I guess I could try telling the others. Then we'll see if you're right in your words.
[If anyone expresses danger to him, he can just kill them first!]
I certainly hope so. My partner's life is riding on my survival through all of this, and I would like to return both of us home safe and sound.
[Maybe the times have changed enough for him to be safe now. He would like to be at ease once again, not constantly double-checking how he acts to appear The Most Human at all times.]
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Date: 2025-03-09 04:35 am (UTC)[she laughs a little, more tired than anything.]
You and Anders are very similar, you know. I imagine that is why you come so easily to conflict.
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Date: 2025-03-11 04:00 am (UTC)The only way we're even remotely similar is that we both have good taste in men. That's it.
[They are way too similar and it annoys him so much now that it's been pointed out.]
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Date: 2025-03-11 04:04 am (UTC)[no, his husband seems cute, but she doesn't know him that well. hawke is... fine.]
But, no, I mean... You both come from a place where you've been mistreated for who you are constantly, and now you're here and cannot imagine that isn't the foremost quality you're being judged on.
[no one here is out to get mages, or dragons.]
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Date: 2025-03-11 04:36 am (UTC)...okay, point. But I don't think being a mage means Anders was born with violence in his blood or is hungry for power or anything like that.
[Why those things in particular? Maybe it's because he believes those things about himself.]
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Date: 2025-03-11 12:56 pm (UTC)And you're a bit like that, as well.
[anyway, it's just an observation.]
I won't tell anyone anything you wish to hide. I do understand your worries. I spent the first week or so here feeling I ought not to mention I was a Sharran, even though no one here knows what that is.
But if you were to shed the assumption that others will hate you for your nature, I don't think you would be ill-served by it.
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Date: 2025-03-11 09:01 pm (UTC)Well, about a third of the people here know about it now. I guess I could try telling the others. Then we'll see if you're right in your words.
[If anyone expresses danger to him, he can just kill them first!]
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Date: 2025-03-12 01:41 am (UTC)[because really, no one will mind it. they might even be interested.]
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Date: 2025-03-15 04:38 am (UTC)[Maybe the times have changed enough for him to be safe now. He would like to be at ease once again, not constantly double-checking how he acts to appear The Most Human at all times.]