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vaguely-concerned · 1 month ago

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ingellvar rook who, the first time they and varric reach the coast on their hunt for solas, just gazes out over the seemingly endless expanse of water with wide wondering eyes. when varric finally looks at them questioningly they're like 'sorry, it's just -- I've read about it, of course, but I've, uh. I've never seen the ocean before.' and varric's eyes soften as he tells them to take all the time they need (trust me, kid, it isn't going anywhere)

it must be kind of sweet for the other companions to get to introduce the mourn watchers to things from outside the necropolis/nevarra and seeing their spellbound reactions though. emmrich's happy notes about new plants the others have introduced him to my beloved

#rye has seen the ocean in the fade (he has recurring grief dreams that always seem to involve the sea somehow)#but in real life he's never seen water in bigger quantities than the ceremonial lakes down in the grand necropolis before haha #he has a moment of 'wow. the collective human unconscious wasn't lying it really just IS like that huh'#I think to spite rye smells like incense and rain over the sea (and Home (the Fade) but that's less precise)#not the stagnant saltwater stench of the ossuary but the fresh melancholy smell of a storm blowing in from the ocean #needless to say rye Cannot swim. that's not just gameplay stuff he never learned how to #both in the metaphorical sense of the ocean of grief that haunts his dreams ('I'm sure this means nothing and symbolizes nothing :)')#and in the very literal sense that if he ever fell into the water the rest of the crew better scramble to fish him back up #if they want to keep their intrepid leader for another day #dragon age #dragon age: the veilguard #dragon age: the veilguard spoilers #dragon age spoilers #oc: Ellaryen Ingellvar

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