He's only ever seen my magic, ❰ adalia explains, and she holds up her hand to show the elf how sparks dance between her fingers. ❱ Ice has never been something I put any particular effort into learning how to conjure, since lightning and thunder came so easily to me. I think he's excited to meet someone who can mess about with his element.

❰ and charis is very excited as he watches solas melt the ice on his hand again, rapt. it's enough to make him move off the books, finally, but only to get closer, so that he can more clearly see what the elf is doing. once again, charis grabs his hand, breathes to cover it with a thin coating of frost, and waits for it to be melted. ❱

His name is Charis, by the way. I'm Adalia. I... well I won't lie and say I don't care that you took my seat, but this has been fun enough it's alright.