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Who: Cullen Rutherford
Broadcast: Fleetwide video
Action: The Marsiva
When: Now.

[It's with some hesitance that Cullen even touches the console. He knows how it works (somehow), but he's not exactly comfortable with the concept of broadcasting. His lips are set in a thin, grim line for a few moments as he thinks of what to say.]

--Maker's breath, this is absurd.

[That just about sums up his thoughts right now.]

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It's been some time. [His voice is soft, unsure. The last time he'd seen her, he'd begged her to kill him, to kill them all. Said terrible things. Does she remember the words?]

You're doing well, I hope?

[It's a good place to start.]

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[ She remembers them vividly. ]

Oh, yes, quite. They made me Commander of the Grey in Ferelden, after we killed the archdemon. Though, I... I suppose you may have heard. I stepped down, it wasn't really-- I'm not exactly comfortable with that sort of authority, but--

[ Maker's breath, this is awkward. ]

And... you? You're doing well?

[ Please say yes... ]

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That was quite a while ago, if my memory serves correctly.

[Any mention of the Hero of Ferelden got his attention. There had been a moment of selfish relief when they couldn't find her to lead the Inquisition. He hadn't been ready to face her then, but it seems he has no choice but to now.]

I am. [Better than he's ever been, actually.] I'm now the Commander of the Inquisition.

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Only about a year ago, for me.

[ Thus explaining why she looks the same as ever. Though if she ever learns they'd looked for her to lead the Inquisition... well, she can't say she would've been eager to, but to see Leliana again, and Cullen? She may've said yes, if they'd found her. ]

Really? That sounds a high honor, congratulations.

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... it's been a decade, for me. [He knows he'll have to get used to this, but with her--Maker, she's so young. Like some sort of ghost come to haunt him, like he hasn't seen her enough in his nightmares.]

Ah--thank you. Leliana serves as an advisor to the Inquisitor with myself and another.

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Yes, Varric said as much. It's... odd, to think about. I feel like a child compared to the rest of you.

[ Steffa, you were already a child compared to the rest of them, even without the decade of time between you back in Thedas.

She lights up at the mention of Leliana, though ]

Leliana's there? Oh, good, I am glad she's all right. We all sort of went our separate ways after Denerim, and--

[ She puts a hand over her mouth, sheepishly ]

Sorry, I'm sure that's hardly of any interest. I'm glad she's still well, though.

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We've been in contact with a few of your companions. Morrigan, as well.

[He's yet to actually talk to the woman, but he has a feeling whenever that happens it won't go well.]

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[ You can see Steffa's shocked face for just a split second before the view goes crazy, almost as though she dropped her communicator ]

Shit!

[ There's some scrambling, and you get more of a view of the bunk room on the Bishop as she picks the communicator back up off the ground. ]

Sorry! Sorry, you--

Morrigan? You found Morrigan? Is she all right? Is-- no, just tell me if she's all right. Please.

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[Whoa well that's very alarming. Cullen starts before realizing there's little he can do from where he is.]

She found us, in a manner of speaking. She was an advisor to the empress, living in the Orlesian court.

[And now Skyhold.]

Are you all right?

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[ Steffa closes her eyes and takes a deep breath, then another, one hand pressed to her heart.

It sounds like the likelihood of her having found Morrigan is... not high, unless Morrigan left again. Neither of which is the outcome she was hoping for when she set out to find her. ]

I... [ she opens her eyes and smiles crookedly at him ] Yes, I'm fine, I just--

I was trying to find her. When I was brought here, I mean. I didn't know if she was okay, where she'd...

[ She's having trouble keeping herself together, she takes a shaky breath and swipes at her eyes ]

I'm sorry, Cullen, I need to--

I'll speak to you later, thank you, I'm glad you're all right.

[ and she's gone, so she can pull herself together. ]