No. [ She admits a faint, humorless smile. ] But I've learned to recognize the look. I wore it myself.
[ Only two months ago. Has it really been so long since she'd woken up in the coliseum alongside Dorian and been face to face with a monstrous bear?
Cecily shakes her head, glancing over the shelves. ]
It does. [ Even in Skyhold they have merchants, stalls out in the main stretch of the fortress to encourage commerce. To make trade relationships that they desperately needed to improve their stock within their base. ] But we pay for it in other ways, I have no doubt.
[ That is, being under the thumbs of both Hope and Fear. Being subjected to their whims, their monsters and illusions. ]
I would wager a guess at forty, at least. [ She hasn't actually seen them all gathered together, but there are enough wandering Hadriel and speaking over the... "network" that it's easy enough to estimate. ] Not including whoever else may have arrived with your lot.
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[ Only two months ago. Has it really been so long since she'd woken up in the coliseum alongside Dorian and been face to face with a monstrous bear?
Cecily shakes her head, glancing over the shelves. ]
It does. [ Even in Skyhold they have merchants, stalls out in the main stretch of the fortress to encourage commerce. To make trade relationships that they desperately needed to improve their stock within their base. ] But we pay for it in other ways, I have no doubt.
[ That is, being under the thumbs of both Hope and Fear. Being subjected to their whims, their monsters and illusions. ]
I would wager a guess at forty, at least. [ She hasn't actually seen them all gathered together, but there are enough wandering Hadriel and speaking over the... "network" that it's easy enough to estimate. ] Not including whoever else may have arrived with your lot.