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eluvianathema) wrote2015-09-07 10:09 pm
eluvianathema) wrote2015-09-07 10:09 pm
[MEMORY WRITE-UP] Dialogue with Bethany, act 1
Dialogue between Merrill and Bethany, act 1.
Bethany: So, there's no Circle among the Dalish?
Merrill: Any child with the gift of magic is apprenticed to a Keeper... in another clan if there's no need in her own.
Bethany: That sounds nice.
Merrill: Magic is a gift of the Creators. Why wouldn't we use it?
Merrill: It just seems... wasteful for humans to lock their mages away where they can't do any good.
Fenris: Of course, you're a blood mage.
Bethany: Oh. Right.
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Bethany: So, is the Keeper... your mother?
Merrill: I left my clan when I was a child to become Marethari's First.
Merrill: I haven't seen my parents in more than ten years.
Bethany: I'm so sorry! My father died in the Blight. You must really miss them.
Merrill: I remember my mother singing to me, when I was a little girl and I'd get sick. I think that's what I miss the most.
Merrill: The Keeper has a terrible singing voice.
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Merrill: You're so lucky.
Bethany: How do you figure?
Merrill: I wish I had a sister and a mother and an uncle.
Merrill: It must be wonderful. You'd never be alone!
Bethany: It is wonderful. Although it might be better without Uncle Gamlen.
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Merrill: If you could do anything - just anything at all - what would you do?
Bethany: That's easy. Be normal. No magic, just... normal.
Merrill: Really? You wouldn't fly across Thedas or eat a cake the size of Kirkwall? Keep a baby griffon for a pet?
Bethany: Well, now that you say it, the griffon might not be so bad.
Merrill: I'd name mine "Feathers."
LEARNED
+ Bethany is Hawke's younger sister, who is a mage.
+ Humans imprison their mages in a "Circle", where they are kept away from the rest of the world and taught to control their magic. Any mage who escapes Templar scrutiny and lives in hiding is an apostate.
+ The Dalish don't share the philosophy of sequestering their mages, so they often avoid human settlements for this and other reasons.
+ I'm a blood mage :'D whatever that means
+ I'm also First to Keeper Marethari, which means I'm her apprentice, basically.
+ But this means that I was not born to my clan, I was gifted to the clan because they had need of one with magical ability.
+ Thus, I don't really have any connection to my family. That's a bit sad.
+ GRIFFONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111
Bethany: So, there's no Circle among the Dalish?
Merrill: Any child with the gift of magic is apprenticed to a Keeper... in another clan if there's no need in her own.
Bethany: That sounds nice.
Merrill: Magic is a gift of the Creators. Why wouldn't we use it?
Merrill: It just seems... wasteful for humans to lock their mages away where they can't do any good.
Fenris: Of course, you're a blood mage.
Bethany: Oh. Right.
───────
Bethany: So, is the Keeper... your mother?
Merrill: I left my clan when I was a child to become Marethari's First.
Merrill: I haven't seen my parents in more than ten years.
Bethany: I'm so sorry! My father died in the Blight. You must really miss them.
Merrill: I remember my mother singing to me, when I was a little girl and I'd get sick. I think that's what I miss the most.
Merrill: The Keeper has a terrible singing voice.
───────
Merrill: You're so lucky.
Bethany: How do you figure?
Merrill: I wish I had a sister and a mother and an uncle.
Merrill: It must be wonderful. You'd never be alone!
Bethany: It is wonderful. Although it might be better without Uncle Gamlen.
───────
Merrill: If you could do anything - just anything at all - what would you do?
Bethany: That's easy. Be normal. No magic, just... normal.
Merrill: Really? You wouldn't fly across Thedas or eat a cake the size of Kirkwall? Keep a baby griffon for a pet?
Bethany: Well, now that you say it, the griffon might not be so bad.
Merrill: I'd name mine "Feathers."
LEARNED
+ Bethany is Hawke's younger sister, who is a mage.
+ Humans imprison their mages in a "Circle", where they are kept away from the rest of the world and taught to control their magic. Any mage who escapes Templar scrutiny and lives in hiding is an apostate.
+ The Dalish don't share the philosophy of sequestering their mages, so they often avoid human settlements for this and other reasons.
+ I'm a blood mage :'D whatever that means
+ I'm also First to Keeper Marethari, which means I'm her apprentice, basically.
+ But this means that I was not born to my clan, I was gifted to the clan because they had need of one with magical ability.
+ Thus, I don't really have any connection to my family. That's a bit sad.
+ GRIFFONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111