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WHO Chris Halliwell
BROADCAST Network unfiltered video.
ACTION The SS Huntress.
WHEN Shortly after the Shuffle.

Again?

[ This is a young man circling around as he's transported to his new ship, the SS Huntress. He's mostly talking to his new crewmates but there's that unknowing broadcast going out, too. ]

Moved around twice in twenty-four hours, and this one is not nearly as nice as the first one. We're supposed to stay here while we play this stupid game? [ Psht. ] Which, by the way, I didn't sign up for. Did anyone? Because I was in the middle of something, you know, important.

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[hearsthesea]

[On a scale of one to ten, how weird is it to tell a stranger/future shipmate that you're the mouthpiece of the ocean? Probably on the higher end. The fact that Varric shys away from her eres deflates her a little too. Even the Orerines who feared the Ferines were comfortable with the use of eres, but nobody here even knows of them. Is he going to be afraid of her now?]

I...

[She's about to answer with something vague like "You don't have to worry about that," but then she realizes that's the sort of thing her old self would do and then regret. So, hard way it is - with a little softening.]

I have a special connection to the sea, but out here it won't matter. We're too far away.

[merchantprince]

[Thankfully, Varric takes it well. He eases up a bit, even takes up the space he formerly vacated.]

That's not bad at all. You're fine, then. [A pause. He feels bad, so he tries to make a joke.] I never learned how to swim, so uh... don't throw me in, okay?

[hearsthesea]

[That...went better than she was expecting. Shirley brightens up, laughing at the joke out of relief more than real humor.]

Of course not. I can even teach you if you'd like, if we're ever around some water.

[merchantprince]

[... He isn't expecting her to actually take him up on that. He rubs the back of his head and looks away, strangely diffident all of a sudden.]

I'm not sure you can handle seeing a mostly naked dwarf. Also, I hate doing anything that remotely resembles travel. Or effort.

[The last part isn't entirely true, and he gives her a little wink.]

You're a good kid.

[hearsthesea]

[The part about being mostly naked makes her blush, although she shakes it off and tries to pretend she didn't.]

Well, if you ever do want to learn I'll still be willing to help.