[Considering his now much calmer but still rocky relationship to the guest of honor for this birthday bash, Hawke nearly refused coming to the party with Anders. Only he can't say no when Anders does that stupid thing where he brushes the stray hair from his face and looks in his eyes with such an earnest expression.
Nevermind, the Chantry's right, mages are a blight on the world.
Even if he'd initially had no intention of making an appearance before, he'd still gotten Riona a gift regardless. Something small in a fancy box he'd picked out from one of the Savvy shops with finer, more intricate designs. He hopes she likes it. He'd fretted over it to Anders for some time, wondering if it was inappropriate to give her jewelry even if its just a brooch and not something as meaningful as a ring, or if she even liked jewelry. When he'd started questioning if she'd even like the mabari design, Anders had made such a disgusted noise at him he finally shut up.
As it is he sets the box down, taking a surreptitious look around to see if anyone saw him, deciding if it's an anonymous gift then maybe that would be better. Or more cowardly? Maybe he should just retreat back to a chair against the wall and not talk to anyone for the rest of the night. Maker, this is worse than Kirkwall parties. This is worse than Duke Prosper's party, and he'd almost been killed several times then!
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Nevermind, the Chantry's right, mages are a blight on the world.
Even if he'd initially had no intention of making an appearance before, he'd still gotten Riona a gift regardless. Something small in a fancy box he'd picked out from one of the Savvy shops with finer, more intricate designs. He hopes she likes it. He'd fretted over it to Anders for some time, wondering if it was inappropriate to give her jewelry even if its just a brooch and not something as meaningful as a ring, or if she even liked jewelry. When he'd started questioning if she'd even like the mabari design, Anders had made such a disgusted noise at him he finally shut up.
As it is he sets the box down, taking a surreptitious look around to see if anyone saw him, deciding if it's an anonymous gift then maybe that would be better. Or more cowardly? Maybe he should just retreat back to a chair against the wall and not talk to anyone for the rest of the night. Maker, this is worse than Kirkwall parties. This is worse than Duke Prosper's party, and he'd almost been killed several times then!
Actually it's kind of hard to top that...]