The Gallows, and Riftwatch itself, is functionally their get-along-shirt. Unlike their last headlong trip across multiple dimensions, they can’t get away from each other here, like two cats locked in the same room. It’s particularly pronounced during this quarantine period: needing to skirt around each other in the dining hall, or even squeeze past each other in those winding tower stairwells. It leaves him claustrophobic, itching to go out into a field mission on another longer trip. Maybe Antiva. Antiva’s supposed to be nice this time of year.
Stephen wants to stand up; doesn’t like having to crane his head to look up at her; but forces himself to remain still. Hands splayed across that heavy oaken tabletop. Thedas and its rifts has a sense of humour, apparently: summoning up the faces from his past which hammer most on his guilt-ridden nerves. Tony. Wanda. The allies he’d failed.
(But this is the whole point of a second chance, no? Doing better than the last attempt?)
So, still watching Wanda, picking his way delicately through his words, he says, “The last time I saw you, you were closing the Darkhold. How are you feeling now?”
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The Gallows, and Riftwatch itself, is functionally their get-along-shirt. Unlike their last headlong trip across multiple dimensions, they can’t get away from each other here, like two cats locked in the same room. It’s particularly pronounced during this quarantine period: needing to skirt around each other in the dining hall, or even squeeze past each other in those winding tower stairwells. It leaves him claustrophobic, itching to go out into a field mission on another longer trip. Maybe Antiva. Antiva’s supposed to be nice this time of year.
Stephen wants to stand up; doesn’t like having to crane his head to look up at her; but forces himself to remain still. Hands splayed across that heavy oaken tabletop. Thedas and its rifts has a sense of humour, apparently: summoning up the faces from his past which hammer most on his guilt-ridden nerves. Tony. Wanda. The allies he’d failed.
(But this is the whole point of a second chance, no? Doing better than the last attempt?)
So, still watching Wanda, picking his way delicately through his words, he says, “The last time I saw you, you were closing the Darkhold. How are you feeling now?”