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[killedwithlove]

Who: Cole
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Pathstone unless asked to go somewhere
When: Now-ish?


[The broadcast is very unusual, coming from Cole. He replies, sometimes, but he very rarely initiates communication through the network.

The camera points at the ceiling, catching just the edge of Cole's hat. He has it in his lap but doesn't try to look into it.]

I need someone who is able to kill me if I turn into a demon. Cassandra promised to, but she's gone and Jove and Solas said they would, but with them gone, I need someone to make sure I'm not a danger to people.

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[killedwithlove]

Oh.

Should I test you? What would I test you for? I don't like tests, they hurt. The templars tested Cole and it was awful, fire everywhere, choking on the magic as it tried to bubble up...

[kickingand]

Meant more the seeing me part.

[killedwithlove]

... I don't understand.

Why would seeing you be a test?

[kickingand]

Because i'm guessing you're not gonna pick just anyone who up and says they can help.

Or am I wrong?

[killedwithlove]

I don't know if you can help. Despair is... dangerous. Darting darkness, drawing daggers. Invisible. Indelible.

I might not kill you. I might make you do it yourself.

[kickingand]

I wouldn't worry about me.

[killedwithlove]

But, I will. I care. About you.

[kickingand]

So when you turn, you're what- infectious?

[killedwithlove]

No.

But I'll kill everyone I can. And Despair... everyone can despair. Despair came make you feel it, remember it, know it.

Compassion can help you feel, care, share, love. Despair can steer you to die.

[kickingand]

Yeah, I got it.

And you need to see me to decide if I can help.

[killedwithlove]

Yes.

I can't tell through the communicators.

[kickingand]

You lookin' to meet, then?

[killedwithlove]

No.

I mean, I'm happy to find you and meet you. But only if you want to be able to kill me. If you're not sure about it, that's okay.

[kickingand]

Isn't exactly a want to.

[killedwithlove]

You want to help.

[kickingand]

[ Make it sound sappy why don't you ]

If I can, yeah. Guessin' you wouldn't feel too great either if you lost it on everyone.

[killedwithlove]

Me now doesn't want to hurt anyone. Despair me... wouldn't care.

Which is why I need to know someone will stop me.

[kickingand]

Then if I can prove it to you, i'll try to be there to stop it.

[killedwithlove]

It's not about proof. It's about ability. I can't be seen sometimes. And walls can be indistinct.

[kickingand]

So you need someone who can always see you? Even when you're invisible.

[killedwithlove]

Not invisible. Not... exactly.

Not heard. Not seen. Not smelt. Not there, but there.

But yes.

[kickingand]

Do you need someone who can still sense you? Cause i've gone up against enough shit that goes bump in the night, even when I can't see it.

[killedwithlove]

Mm. I don't know. I've killed people who couldn't sense me quite easily before. I know all the quick, painless ways with a blade. Throat, thigh, through the ribs, up the back of the skull...

Cadash called me an assassin. Solas, the one in my world, not the one who was here, called me Mercy once.

[kickingand]

Mercy, huh. That's a new one.

You find anyone here who can do it yet?

[killedwithlove]

... I don't know.

Solas could. Anders might have been able to but he's gone.

[There's a recurring theme in the people Cole was close to.]