#i’m not sure how this became part of klara’s backstory but it sure is now

[volkoss]

Seven Sentences

Both @veilkeeper and @lavender-tea-fling tagged me in variations of “share seven lines of your WIP” meme, so I come bearing a snippet of the Hezenrook side-project I wrote on the tram this morning:

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“Your father is likely holed up in some Orlesian backwater,” Hezenkoss hisses. When Klara remains stubbornly silent, Hezenkoss continues undeterred, apparently content to fill the room with the sound of her own ranting. “But you already considered that, didn’t you? So why are you here?”

Though the older woman’s eyes are hidden behind her ever-present goggles, her gaze weighs heavy on the tips of Klara’s ears anyway. “I think you know what happens to pretty young elves in Orlais. Just as well you came to me instead.”

The obvious response would be to remind Hezenkoss that she had been the one to issue the invite, but instead Klara finds herself answering, “Y’know, nobody’s ever called me pretty before.”

Tagging: @choccy-zefirka @rosella-writes @say-lene and anybody else who wants to do this one!