Because I grew up learning how to be some advocate of the People, and...I've only been with my clan, and I just went to Val Royeaux and...I have to know. I have to know what it's really like for the People. So many Dalish think one thing, and I have to know the truth, so I can bring it back to the Dalish.
Or...maybe it's just my responsibility to know, as a living person.
[ It's natural to resist, isn't it? Disorienting, almost, for a Dalish to ask a city elf to open the door to their world, if only for a little while, and of course, when one meets a lot of closed doors in life, the natural inclination is to slam it shut.
All the same-- ]
You know you will not know all of the truth in a day.
[ Val Royeaux certainly is a wake up call, that she can believe. ]
Well. After the sun goes down, the city watch will restrict movement. No elf is allowed to go in or out, and any caught out is trouble for the elf. We would have to stay the evening, although there are ways of slipping here or there if you know how.
Why do shems do anything? Curfews in shem cities are implemented for children, criminals, and in times of war. For us, they have their reasons.
To keep the elves obedient, so that any night-time law breaking be contained to our own private worlds. Or the way the stablemasters shut their dogs in, as is only decent for dogs and man both. And some would say, also, for peace.
It does. [ Her tone is neutral, not quite illustrating a silver lining so much as the even balance that makes up the reality. ] Halamshiral sees guardsmen roam like wolves in her streets. In alienages, the proper type-- we have our own ways. On that, elves and shems are agreed.
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Because I grew up learning how to be some advocate of the People, and...I've only been with my clan, and I just went to Val Royeaux and...I have to know. I have to know what it's really like for the People. So many Dalish think one thing, and I have to know the truth, so I can bring it back to the Dalish.
Or...maybe it's just my responsibility to know, as a living person.
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All the same-- ]
You know you will not know all of the truth in a day.
[ Val Royeaux certainly is a wake up call, that she can believe. ]
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Then; ]
We should go in the morning. Allow us time, before the curfew closes the gates.
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It's--
Well. After the sun goes down, the city watch will restrict movement. No elf is allowed to go in or out, and any caught out is trouble for the elf. We would have to stay the evening, although there are ways of slipping here or there if you know how.
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To keep the elves obedient, so that any night-time law breaking be contained to our own private worlds. Or the way the stablemasters shut their dogs in, as is only decent for dogs and man both. And some would say, also, for peace.
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