[And it's even bigger than their camp or the Arl's estate and yet he still manages to get caught doing something embarrassing by someone he knows. It's official, the Maker enjoys laughing at him.
Swallowing nervously his eyes follow the book as she picks it up. Is it too late to make a run for it? ...Probably. Alistair twitches at her exclamation, heart plummeting as she seems to recognise the book. What if she thinks he's some kind of creep because he-
Wait, she only recognises the writer? ...Who supposedly tells good stories? And is with the Inquisition?]
Did he? [Either Dorian has terrible, terrible taste in books - yes, he was reading it but it's not what Alistair would show to other people and tell them is a good story - or he was joking at the expense of a friend. Robyn or this Varric Tethras, he can't say.] I mean, yes! That's why I- Why I picked it up. I thought I knew the name and wanted to have a look.
[That's a good explanation, right? She shouldn't find that hard to believe. Now he just hopes she won't want to see for herself what sort of stories Dorian considers good.]
Do I- Ah. Well, I mean... Yes? That is, it's alright. Not what I'd normally- If I read much, which I don't normally. I don't normally have the time for it. Not that I have a problem with reading it's just usually there's so much else to do and- It's alright?
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[And it's even bigger than their camp or the Arl's estate and yet he still manages to get caught doing something embarrassing by someone he knows. It's official, the Maker enjoys laughing at him.
Swallowing nervously his eyes follow the book as she picks it up. Is it too late to make a run for it? ...Probably. Alistair twitches at her exclamation, heart plummeting as she seems to recognise the book. What if she thinks he's some kind of creep because he-
Wait, she only recognises the writer? ...Who supposedly tells good stories? And is with the Inquisition?]
Did he? [Either Dorian has terrible, terrible taste in books - yes, he was reading it but it's not what Alistair would show to other people and tell them is a good story - or he was joking at the expense of a friend. Robyn or this Varric Tethras, he can't say.] I mean, yes! That's why I- Why I picked it up. I thought I knew the name and wanted to have a look.
[That's a good explanation, right? She shouldn't find that hard to believe. Now he just hopes she won't want to see for herself what sort of stories Dorian considers good.]
Do I- Ah. Well, I mean... Yes? That is, it's alright. Not what I'd normally- If I read much, which I don't normally. I don't normally have the time for it. Not that I have a problem with reading it's just usually there's so much else to do and- It's alright?
[Please, please don't ask anything else. Please.]