Cullen (
howtoactfereldan) wrote2017-01-14 09:30 pm
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Cullen is fine in the field. He can set up a tent, build a fire, find water safe to drink, make something edible. But he hasn't traveled enough to get the knack of what's wise to bring.
These days it makes little difference, given his status: he helps to set up camp, but there are runners and adjutants to find and fetch things. And there are few enough of them, this time -- not the massed force of the Inquisition, but a patrol's worth of soldiers and scouts and accompanying support -- that in the evenings, Cullen finds himself... restless.
It's akin to the reason he doesn't frequent the Herald's Rest, but there's no office to hide in, and no paperwork to justify staying in the tent.
At least tomorrow he and Alistair will peel off to where Honnleath used to be, to spend the night and rejoin the rest again late the following day.
(This may also contribute to his fidgeting.)
These days it makes little difference, given his status: he helps to set up camp, but there are runners and adjutants to find and fetch things. And there are few enough of them, this time -- not the massed force of the Inquisition, but a patrol's worth of soldiers and scouts and accompanying support -- that in the evenings, Cullen finds himself... restless.
It's akin to the reason he doesn't frequent the Herald's Rest, but there's no office to hide in, and no paperwork to justify staying in the tent.
At least tomorrow he and Alistair will peel off to where Honnleath used to be, to spend the night and rejoin the rest again late the following day.
(This may also contribute to his fidgeting.)
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Idly, he taps the thumb of his free hand against the ground.
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"Anything else you want to do before we turn in?"
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He wiggles the flask from side to side before handing it back. One corner of his mouth curls up.
"I had a few ideas."
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Serene: "I wasn't thinking mayhem so much as revenge."
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To his boots: "You shouldn't -- don't feel obligated. I didn't mean to, to make things -- difficult."
It's easier -- much easier -- if he can just... be still, and take care of Alistair. That's all he wanted from this break.
(This won't quite reach the surface of his conscious mind, but it doesn't make it less true: this isn't a place where he wants to lose control of himself, being as it's one of the few he has with wholly positive memories.)
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His brow knits, the tiny smirk wiped from his face. "You didn't." (He sounds faintly bewildered.) "It was lovely. If you don't want to -- "
Gently, he brushes his fingertips over the hair near Cullen's temple.
Softer, "If you want to leave it at that, and just sleep, I'm fine with it."
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(They wouldn't have come here, if not for Alistair.)
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"And what I want," he murmurs, "is for you to be comfortable. All right?"
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Trying for dry: "You've a long wait ahead of you, then."
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"You can't tell me you're a patient man when you ate half tomorrow's rations before the fish were done."
It's weak. He's trying.
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"I was hungry," he insists. "Warden appetite. Can't be helped."
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"You certainly caught enough bait for it."
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He turns his head enough to kiss Alistair's palm.
"Getting out of it at all is a good day. A story is a fine bonus."
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"I promised I wouldn't invite more mayhem," he says, dutiful, "so I won't say anything more about man-eating eels in the lake."
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He touches his lips to Cullen's forehead.
"Want to give sleeping a go?"
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