[Justice isn't sure he believes that the monarchs were truthful, but there's no way to gauge that from the mage. She is saying what she was told, and she is saying it honestly.
He considers for a moment. Going to one unfamiliar world, and then being whisked off to another... he has an inkling of how that feels.
He doesn't need to ask her if she misses her home. He has a feeling he knows the answer.
So he doesn't ask that. He asks something else that's been nagging him.]
[ She thinks it's what they believed, at least, and it's something. Hermione had fought for her friends and, eventually, for Solais herself, though her faith in the monarchs had been broken and shattered over time. Eventually she only rose up to defend the people she cared about and the innocents, to try and undo all the bad she had done in her time.
It's hard, being far from all the places she knew as home, but she's been here almost two years now. It gets easier.
At least the question gives her something to focus on. ]
Oh - my tattoos! I was given them by a friend, Nasrin Lavellan, in the Drabwurld. She was Dalish.
I am surprised a Dalish gave you tattoos. They usually guard their culture very closely. [Even Justice, who is friends companions with a Dalish elf and who happens to be completely removed from the painful history between humans and elves, is only allowed to witness piecemeal parts of Dalish culture, let alone participate in it. And he's one of the few who actually gets along with Velanna (mostly).] What do they represent?
[He knows that much. The tattoos are there to honor gods, he believes.]
I don't think they're particularly symbolic. They're designed in the Dalish way, but they're not one particular tattoo. [ Hermione was aware of how important the tattoos had been to Nasrin; she wasn't quite as foolish as some people thought, and she had learned a lot about her friend's home and culture. Understanding the importance of these tattoos had been paramount. ]
They're to show that I'm a friend, and anyone with tattoos similar is also a friend.
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He considers for a moment. Going to one unfamiliar world, and then being whisked off to another... he has an inkling of how that feels.
He doesn't need to ask her if she misses her home. He has a feeling he knows the answer.
So he doesn't ask that. He asks something else that's been nagging him.]
Did you receive your tattoos here, or elsewhere?
They remind me of Dalish tattoos in Thedas.
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It's hard, being far from all the places she knew as home, but she's been here almost two years now. It gets easier.
At least the question gives her something to focus on. ]
Oh - my tattoos! I was given them by a friend, Nasrin Lavellan, in the Drabwurld. She was Dalish.
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friendscompanions with a Dalish elf and who happens to be completely removed from the painful history between humans and elves, is only allowed to witness piecemeal parts of Dalish culture, let alone participate in it. And he's one of the few who actually gets along with Velanna (mostly).] What do they represent?[He knows that much. The tattoos are there to honor gods, he believes.]
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They're to show that I'm a friend, and anyone with tattoos similar is also a friend.