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[reformedrake]

I think--

[Pauses. Starts again.]

I'm going to... open a chantry. Just a small one, like a... like a chapel. I even found a suitable building, it just needs a little cleaning and fixing.

[Sighs.]It might be helpful to have a place to gather, that's all. You don't have to come by if you don't want to, and if you do come by, you don't have to pay

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[leaporfall]

Do you think it's the right thing to do?

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[reformedrake]

I...

Yes, I do.

It can't be that simple, though.

Can it?

[Video]

[leaporfall]

[She smiles faintly.]

Yes. Sometimes, it really is enough to be doing what you think is right.

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[reformedrake]

Oh. [Small smile.]

Well. I guess... it couldn't hurt, right?

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[shieldwall]

It sounds like a fine idea, Sebastian.

[She may not be the most religious person in Thedas, despite being married to a Templar at one point, but she thinks you got the stuff.]

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[reformedrake]

Thank you, Aveline.

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[neverabard]

[Van's sort of wary of priests after he realized one's intolerance was responsible for some of his misery back home. His voice sounds a touch cold, but he's still curious.]

What gods do you serve?

[Video]

[reformedrake]

Just one, the Maker.

[Video]

[neverabard]

Monotheism? That is rare in my country.

Is your Maker a tolerant god? Does he accept all? [He might as well be asking 'are you a tolerant man, do you accept all?']

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[reformedrake]

Really? Where are you from? What's it like there? [Honest questions.]

[He pauses. He's actually going to think this over.]

Most people believe the Maker's abandoned us long ago, and that only by proving our worth can we convince Him to return. But...

I think His work's still reflected in our own. [He might as well be saying 'he tries to be.']

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[doesnotbrood]

[He's smiling to spite himself.]

You started a chantry here?

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[reformedrake]

Yes. Well. I hope so. If they don't... stop me first. [Read: He's terrified he's about to get a Hades and/or Hecate related pounding.]

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[doesnotbrood]

I'm not certain they fear the Maker, Sebastian.

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[reformedrake]

Neither am I.

[grace_optional]

[Anna hasn't responded to any of this man's little sermons, maybe out of bitter cynicism, or because his Maker probably isn't her Father...or because he might be. She isn't sure. And she wouldn't answer this one now if it wasn't for that final, plaintive call for guidance.]

[Somewhere in the background static she can almost hear an echo of a similar plea, one she chose to turn away from. Anna, I don't know what to do. Please tell me what to do.]

[No one can make another person's choices for them. But there's a differences between giving orders and offering a little friendly advice, or simply an opinion.]

I think it's a nice idea. If there were a place like that, I'd go there. I...I mean, if that was all right.

[Besides...she just likes churches.]

[reformedrake]

...Of course it's all right.

[grace_optional]

[She fidgets. It smacks of idolatry, to contemplate visiting an alien temple...but there are no Abrahamic places of worship here, and the story of Sebastin's deity is in some respects eerily familiar.]

My dad used to preach in a place like that when I was a girl. Only we call them churches. Our God sounds a lot like your Maker.

Right down to the part about Him leaving...

[reformedrake]

[He takes a breath. Not a sigh. Just a pause. Even now, even after three years, speaking about his family is difficult.] My grandfather was very devout, and he passed it down to us.

Oh. Even if... even if He's gone, I'm sure His presence can still be found. Even here, in such dark places. [He doesn't realize, of course, the subtleties here. Most people, when they talk about God, leave out some bits, as if he should already know them.]