[He chuckles] I have not been young for a long time.
[He remembers having hair once. Then again, he also remembers being thirty and stupid and thinking he knew everything that mattered about cost and effect, and the worth of things. For all his regrets, he would not go back. Solas steadies her balance when she turns in his arms and all at once they are nestled together. It is both familiar and shockingly new: he has had lovers before, but this... quiet, deliberate comfort, the warmth of skin, and her knowing touch. He has no right to such things, but drinks them in regardless, and looks up at her, smiling.]
Seeker Pentaghast was always a formidable woman. It took very little acting to seem intimidated by her authority; in truth, she could easily have done worse.
As for wisdom... [He hesitates. Wisdom. No one has called him that in such a very long time. Even Mythal seemed to have forgotten that he had ever been anyone before Solas, a man of pride.] I would tell you a story, my heart.
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[He remembers having hair once. Then again, he also remembers being thirty and stupid and thinking he knew everything that mattered about cost and effect, and the worth of things. For all his regrets, he would not go back. Solas steadies her balance when she turns in his arms and all at once they are nestled together. It is both familiar and shockingly new: he has had lovers before, but this... quiet, deliberate comfort, the warmth of skin, and her knowing touch. He has no right to such things, but drinks them in regardless, and looks up at her, smiling.]
Seeker Pentaghast was always a formidable woman. It took very little acting to seem intimidated by her authority; in truth, she could easily have done worse.
As for wisdom... [He hesitates. Wisdom. No one has called him that in such a very long time. Even Mythal seemed to have forgotten that he had ever been anyone before Solas, a man of pride.] I would tell you a story, my heart.