That's true. You need to be able to make all your jokes and keep things light while the rest of us are being miserable.
[ He's usually the one making people laugh, so hearing him laugh in return, when something does bring about that reaction in him, is warming and makes her smile. ]
Like a tavern- Yes. [ The bar, as they call it. Cleaner and much better-smelling than the places they're used to. ] I did learn a little, but there was so much to it... there were a lot of different choices and things to mix in. The man who works there was talking about chocolate, and... soda, and a dozen kinds of alcohol to go with them. [ She laughs weakly, shaking her head. ] You don't want to ask me; I'm no good with all that.
[ She doesn't drink much, as many people observed that night. ]
Too comfortable to consider carrying you on my back, if that's what you mean. [ Not that she could do it, though, with respect to their comparative sizes and weights. She smiles with measured smugness as she rises, but at the comment about her height, her mouth falls open in indignant surprise and she smacks him on the arm. ]
You-! Again with that talk! [ Robyn blows a raspberry at him, mature Grey Warden as she is. ] If we took a poll of who is a more reasonable size, I guarantee most would say I'm closer to it!
[ Acting more aloof, she sticks up her nose and starts back down the stairs, turning her back to him. ]
At least I would get to ride it, then. You could only watch!
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[ He's usually the one making people laugh, so hearing him laugh in return, when something does bring about that reaction in him, is warming and makes her smile. ]
Like a tavern- Yes. [ The bar, as they call it. Cleaner and much better-smelling than the places they're used to. ] I did learn a little, but there was so much to it... there were a lot of different choices and things to mix in. The man who works there was talking about chocolate, and... soda, and a dozen kinds of alcohol to go with them. [ She laughs weakly, shaking her head. ] You don't want to ask me; I'm no good with all that.
[ She doesn't drink much, as many people observed that night. ]
Too comfortable to consider carrying you on my back, if that's what you mean. [ Not that she could do it, though, with respect to their comparative sizes and weights. She smiles with measured smugness as she rises, but at the comment about her height, her mouth falls open in indignant surprise and she smacks him on the arm. ]
You-! Again with that talk! [ Robyn blows a raspberry at him, mature Grey Warden as she is. ] If we took a poll of who is a more reasonable size, I guarantee most would say I'm closer to it!
[ Acting more aloof, she sticks up her nose and starts back down the stairs, turning her back to him. ]
At least I would get to ride it, then. You could only watch!