[ He’s never seen a more insulting question in his life. ]
Dorian Gray? No, I’m not Dorian Gray! I’m d’Artagnan. Dorian Gray is most likely terrorising whatever young woman who’s replaced Her Majesty in his sights. It’s no surprise that HE doesn’t like dogs.
I can’t believe you thought I was Dorian Gray. For God’s sake, Hawke.
Of course. I think I'm about through with technology at this point. I meant the OTHER Dorian. There's two. Although now I'm curious as to what Gray has done THIS time. He's been bothering Lucy?
He's been playing with her feelings. Flirting with her, touching her. Frightening her and then upsetting her. I told him to stay clear, but I've no confidence that he will. He's a cruel fool. If you know him, you're probably aware of that already.
I do know Gray's an idiot, though he becomes an awful lot more friendly once he realizes you're the bigger, scarier fish in the pond. Just show her how to throw a good punch for the next time he comes too near. That man has no teeth all on his own.
His bark isn't as impressive as he'd like to think, either. But then again, I am very much more used to dealing with people you would sooner run through.
[ Gray doesn't bother her much. She probably shouldn't mention hanging out with him on occasion, though. ]
[ That’s a statement d’Artagnan would have consigned to folklore not very long ago. The cynical stare it draws from him now is neither disgusted nor particularly surprised. How this world is changing him. ]
Then the local government must be full of them, since imports aren’t left to rest in this place.
Why would he do such a thing, this friend of yours? Is death no longer sacred to anyone?
Friend might be a strong word. And necromancy is just another school of magic. It only uses the bodies, not the spirits of the departed. Nevarra actually animates their dead rather than burning them.
You don't see any sanctity about the bodies? To do that - anything like that - where I'm from, would mean desecrating the dead. That would never be accepted.
Not even if the rest of magic was.
[ Which it's not, actually. But that isn't the point. ]
It's tradition. The pagans used to burn their dead. Christian burial is how we operate. I think other religions do, as well. It's how we respect their passing. Something about returning dust to dust.
[ D'Artagnan mostly takes religion as it comes. It doesn't play a huge role in his life, but he was raised in a place permeated by religion. It's left its mark on him. He after all gave his father a Christian burial. ]
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Firstly, I wouldn't make any such fuss, and secondly, I wasn't aware we lived together, Hawke.
Did you move in without my noticing?
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[ Countdown to round fifty-two of "no, no, the other one". ]
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Dorian Gray? No, I’m not Dorian Gray! I’m d’Artagnan. Dorian Gray is most likely terrorising whatever young woman who’s replaced Her Majesty in his sights. It’s no surprise that HE doesn’t like dogs.
I can’t believe you thought I was Dorian Gray. For God’s sake, Hawke.
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Of course.
I think I'm about through with technology at this point.
I meant the OTHER Dorian. There's two. Although now I'm curious as to what Gray has done THIS time. He's been bothering Lucy?
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He's been playing with her feelings. Flirting with her, touching her. Frightening her and then upsetting her. I told him to stay clear, but I've no confidence that he will. He's a cruel fool. If you know him, you're probably aware of that already.
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About as pretentious, but nicer.
I do know Gray's an idiot, though he becomes an awful lot more friendly once he realizes you're the bigger, scarier fish in the pond. Just show her how to throw a good punch for the next time he comes too near. That man has no teeth all on his own.
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[ That's a distressingly vile image that d'Artagnan didn't need. He moves on very quickly. ]
Gray's not the one you live with, then?
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But then again, I am very much more used to dealing with people you would sooner run through.
[ Gray doesn't bother her much. She probably shouldn't mention hanging out with him on occasion, though. ]
And no.
Dorian Pavus is.
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Though if he doesn't like dogs, I should probably be wary. It can't be a good sign.
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He can't help it if he was raised poorly.
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Should I meet him, or will he lock me in a magic cage? I'm just asking because of the company he keeps, you understand.
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[ Though the day he actually remembers to ask for a history lesson on Thedas will be a day she's surprised. ]
I wish I could say yes.
I think he could use more friends, but he's so stand-offish.
No cages, though.
He's a necromancer. He might do worse.
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Necromancer, though. ]
Exactly what does that mean? It doesn’t sound hygienic.
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Unsurprisingly enough, further lessons also involve the Chantry being dumb and more being irritated by, you guessed it, the Chantry. ]
A mage that specializes in raising the dead.
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Then the local government must be full of them, since imports aren’t left to rest in this place.
Why would he do such a thing, this friend of yours? Is death no longer sacred to anyone?
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And necromancy is just another school of magic.
It only uses the bodies, not the spirits of the departed.
Nevarra actually animates their dead rather than burning them.
[ THAT said... well, texted. ]
Still very creepy, though.
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You don't see any sanctity about the bodies? To do that - anything like that - where I'm from, would mean desecrating the dead. That would never be accepted.
Not even if the rest of magic was.
[ Which it's not, actually. But that isn't the point. ]
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If it were up to me, it'd be pyre for everyone.
Make my life easier for once.
Though the way everywhere here sticks their dead in the ground and throw up little monuments everywhere is just as creepy, if you ask me.
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[ D'Artagnan mostly takes religion as it comes. It doesn't play a huge role in his life, but he was raised in a place permeated by religion. It's left its mark on him. He after all gave his father a Christian burial. ]
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Most demons choose a corpse over the trouble of a mage.
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Superstitious people might tell you otherwise, but I've never seen it.
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