#raina can do and close an eyes for a lot of things but wasting food is not one of those

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△ For Aisling, describe a misconception she had about humans that she hung onto until she spent more time around them.

△ For Raina, what is the worst thing she's ever eaten off the ground?

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Hi Mo! :D

Thank you, I laughed a lot thinking at the one for Raina. Perfect question for her (not that she would feel remotely embarrassed by any of those. "Wasting food is a shame!" she'd say), thank you for asking that and I'm sorry in advance for what came out, I hope you're not eating right now.

△ For Aisling, describe a misconception she had about humans that she hung onto until she spent more time around them.

That they were all fundamentalist Andrastians who doesn't accept other religions. She hung onto this one for… A long time, the "Herald of Andraste" thing didn't help her in letting go of that misconception even if it was a political move more than anything else. She tried desperately to tell people she is not the Herald, she has nothing to do with Andraste, please... With zero success.

It went on so long because of her behaviour as well: in Haven she felt so out of place and estranged that in a desperate attempt of feeling more a part of the group and have people accept her as "one of them", she tucked everything that made her Dalish away. She worshipped in solitude, had a small altar she built with random stuff she found around… Out in the woods, with a small fire pit she built. She slipped away when no one was looking. She loved colours, but she chose the more muted brown clothes she could find to attract less attention and stand out less. Stopped braiding her hair behind her head. Had to be convinced to go back to leg wraps even if she was more blisters than soles. She slowly was eased back in being more open, but as for religious practice? Nah. That was kept hidden, too many people calling her the Herald and believing it, she didn't want her faith to be used. Kept a small altar on the up corridor in her room at Skyhold, only Radha and Loranil were invited, she performed rites with them in private and it got better. Morrigan helped her come out of her shell as well (in my universe you can talk back to her and show that yeah, I KNOW. They went on pretty soon in Skyhold and spent long together discussing magic and gods and stuff, Kieran was granted the honour to ride Little Brother -who instantly recognised the child as an equal. Old got to the chaotic steed of Evil, scourge of the Venatori, you see. Peers.) Always was very reluctant to tell more about it to anyone, she definitely stop caring about other people's opinion in the Arbor Wilds, when she had a bad argument with Cassandra and decided that if being as uncospicuous as she could only lead to label everything as "superstition" in front of her… She may as well be open about it and say fuck it. We're holding a wake for Mythal next Friday, it's a full moon, there'll be a bonfire and songs, whomever wishes to assist respectfully is welcome, I did a speech for All Soul's Day so I can hold up rites for Mythal as well, I don't care anymore.

It went better than she thought it would. (she became Ameridan fangirl number 1 after the Frostback Basin, yes.)

△ For Raina, what is the worst thing she's ever eaten off the ground?

Her sandwhich once fell from her pouch right into the maimed ribcage of an old corpse they walked by on the Wounded Coast. Flies buzzing around. She yelped and picked it back, picture the whole party YELLING, she dusted it, blew on it, shooed off a fly and refused to let Orana's work go to waste, do you know how good her cooking is?? How far away she is now??? She won't let such delicacies goes to waste!

A strawberry and cream cake. She bought it from a confectioner in Lowtown who bakes the best cakes ever. Was bringing it to Merrill's. Someone elbowed her and the cake fell. She decided that she could eat the part that didn't touch the ground.

You know that scene of Friends? Eh. same. (With whomever you want, I think the only two people who wouldn't do it if not on the verge of death would be Varric and Sebastian)

A random bottle of beer left in the corner of a dirty alley, she just shrugged, declared that "What doesn't kill you…" and finished it in one gulp.

Raina's immunitary system could take Kirkwall on its own, if she french kissed a Darkspawn the Blight would catch up with her after weeks.