#Ellana just being “lol no” when Cassandra tells her to drop her weapon is peak Ellana

[cassandra-pentughasst]

What were Ellana and Cassandra's first impressions of each other?

WELL. They technically meet properly when Ellana is in chains and it's safe to say things don't go real well. I say technically because Ellana saw Cassandra and Leliana in Kirkwall before the conclave and was curious enough about the attractive stranger to do some snooping. When she wakes up though she's mostly mad because she's being blamed for something that she knows she didn't do even though she has no memory of it. She's also mad because she finds this woman incredibly attractive and has a little bit of a love-at-first-sight thing going on. Cassandra is mostly frustrated by how difficult the prisoner is being by refusing to speak but she's a little desperate and needs someone to to explain what the hell is even going on anymore. Though she can't explain it part of her believes this small woman when she says she doesn't know what happened and that part of her is usually right. I think beyond her initial frustration she finds her intriguing and admires her sharpness. They butt heads a little because they're both headstrong when they think they're right/feel like they're on the defensive. I think Cassandra knew she was going to like her when Ellana found a bow when they were on their way to the rift and Ellana didn't even flinch and pointed out she couldn't do everything when Cassandra had her at sword point. Cassandra not intimidating people is rare for her and Ellana was basically just "yeah uh huh I'm not doing that, moving on" which was quite disarming.