The message comes very late. Long after dark. Hushed in spite of the hour, how few others are awake and even fewer inclined to scale as high along the ramparts and towers as Ellis has. ]
Scoutmaster, I need to speak with you. [ A brief pause, followed by the addition of: ] I will be able to use my crystal at this time tomorrow as well.
[ And he'll linger for five, ten more minutes, before summoning Thot down to him. ]
[ Perhaps she was still engrossed in work, poring over reports by the waning light of her desk lamp in search of the right loose thread to tug. Or dozing in her chair, half-written letter drying unblotted under her hand. Maybe the soft glow of the crystal woke her even in bed and she slipped out from beneath Darras's arm to collect it. However the message finds Yseult, somewhere between minutes five and ten her voice, low and soft in keeping with the hour, answers. ]
[ A beat. Not hesitation, just an ordering of his thoughts.
And listening, always, but Thot is flapping from point to point on the wall before him, no sign of alarm. He is alone. ]
The Provost asked that I speak with you.
[ Not solely to prove he is alive and attending his mission. ]
I've told him they've been sending materials from here. Anything I've come across in their records that seems to be of use has already been sent away. I can give you the names of where the shipments have gone.
[ Her hopes for this mission have never been high, not when it was first proposed and insisted on, nor during any previous brief check-in that to her pleasant surprise actually took place and did not involve his immediate capture and impending death. Even so, this is disappointing. And surely not on its own enough to motivate his message.
Her tone takes all this in stride, even, unbothered by the bad news. ]
They don't trust me yet, regardless of their opinions on other matters. But it is a help, I think, that I've said very little to give them a sense of my opinions.
[ though it surely can't be much of a surprise when he qualifies— ]
I'm close with none of them. We work well together and they are not so watchful as they were, but I cannot say I'm close to any of them.
To join patrols for darkspawn. Rotations in Hossberg, guarding their walls, searching and questioning any seeking entry. Drills in their training yard. Assisting with any repairs and fortifications.
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The message comes very late. Long after dark. Hushed in spite of the hour, how few others are awake and even fewer inclined to scale as high along the ramparts and towers as Ellis has. ]
Scoutmaster, I need to speak with you. [ A brief pause, followed by the addition of: ] I will be able to use my crystal at this time tomorrow as well.
[ And he'll linger for five, ten more minutes, before summoning Thot down to him. ]
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Warden. What is it?
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And listening, always, but Thot is flapping from point to point on the wall before him, no sign of alarm. He is alone. ]
The Provost asked that I speak with you.
[ Not solely to prove he is alive and attending his mission. ]
I've told him they've been sending materials from here. Anything I've come across in their records that seems to be of use has already been sent away. I can give you the names of where the shipments have gone.
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I gave him the locations. Their university, and Qarinus.
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Her tone takes all this in stride, even, unbothered by the bad news. ]
What else have you been learning?
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[ Here too, a pause. Choosing the words that distill this truth into something more succinct. ]
They are not as unified as we imagined. And there is mistrust of the new First Warden.
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How long can you safely speak, right now?
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[ It is still unlikely anyone ascends this high, but the period of motion and unrest that comes with the exchange of places demands caution. ]
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What sort of mistrust?
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[ A pause. ]
She seems capable. I doubt she is a puppet without qualification. But there's doubts about her regardless. Not unfounded.
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What manner of dissent have you encountered? Any indication of organized resistance to her or Tevinter more broadly?
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[ for obvious reasons. there's only so much the thot storage container can hold. ]
I can draw it for you, after. But everything else is quiet. Nothing's said outright.
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Have you identified anyone likely to be involved?
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Not yet. I put it to the Provost that I stay on a little longer and listen where I can, to see if I can put names to the sentiments.
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[ though that being said— ]
I'd welcome your instruction.
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[ though it surely can't be much of a surprise when he qualifies— ]
I'm close with none of them. We work well together and they are not so watchful as they were, but I cannot say I'm close to any of them.
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Have you done anything to try to make them trust you?
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[ Quiet, capable. That's what he can offer. ]
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wings this holler if i'm off base
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Though that might not be so, if they trusted me more than they do.
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