( She turns her left hand over, displaying the anchor-shard- )
This binds me here, but I am not myself a member of the Inquisition. I think that the work that I've done from the position that I'm in is much more useful than anything I could contribute otherwise - I am a poet, not a soldier.
So I open my house, my grandfather's pockets. I elbow them in the face when they're doing something particularly idiotic and remind them that because I have stopped writing publicly for the time being doesn't mean I've lost my pen or don't know who to write to if I think someone needs to be scrutinised to better do their job.
( And she might have told her cousin that he shamed his dead wife when he disagreed with her, which might have not been as helpful as if she'd resorted to literally anything else in that argument, but the Templar she'd interceded for is still alive and being trained in what used to be her ballroom; she calls it a win, even if the result didn't leave her entirely satisfied. )
I'm not a diplomat, I'm not politically adept, and I'm only learning to fight. What I can do is see things clearly and speak up about them - so that's what I do.
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This binds me here, but I am not myself a member of the Inquisition. I think that the work that I've done from the position that I'm in is much more useful than anything I could contribute otherwise - I am a poet, not a soldier.
So I open my house, my grandfather's pockets. I elbow them in the face when they're doing something particularly idiotic and remind them that because I have stopped writing publicly for the time being doesn't mean I've lost my pen or don't know who to write to if I think someone needs to be scrutinised to better do their job.
( And she might have told her cousin that he shamed his dead wife when he disagreed with her, which might have not been as helpful as if she'd resorted to literally anything else in that argument, but the Templar she'd interceded for is still alive and being trained in what used to be her ballroom; she calls it a win, even if the result didn't leave her entirely satisfied. )
I'm not a diplomat, I'm not politically adept, and I'm only learning to fight. What I can do is see things clearly and speak up about them - so that's what I do.