14th Duel [Audio]

[iwannabeadragon]

So we're having a tournament? I can see this ending fantastically.

[Sealed to Varric, Anders, FenisFenris, and Vie]

So who's ready to do something stupid and possibly dangerous?

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[gotyourwallet]

[Sealed to Varric, Anders, Fenris and Haaawke]

Just what did you have in mind?

[Someone sounds interested.]

[gotyourwallet]

[Another tiny shrug. Vie looks him in the eye.]

I'll be alright.

[Eventually she will be, at least. The start of their time apart is going to hurt like hell.]

It's a bump in the road, Garrett. We both knew this wasn't forever.

[iwannabeadragon]

Right, only a bump. Just a little bump.

[Hawke slowly pulls his hand away from her.]

I won't lose you, not forever.

[That doesn't mean he doesn't want to put his first through the wall right now.]

[gotyourwallet]

[Okay, more of a mountain range lined with active volcanoes and man-eating beasts, but still, something that can be overcome. It just might be a little difficult.]

If this is it, this way we're going to find... I'm not sure I'll go. Not yet. I'll do all I can to help you find it, but if we do, I'll not leave.

[The item she lost is her key to saving her people and getting back to Hawke. Going back without it is practically giving up for her.]

[iwannabeadragon]

Then I'm staying with you.

[His response comes without a second thought.]

I'm not leaving you here alone.

[gotyourwallet]

And what if this is your only chance?

I'm not letting you give that up for me.

[iwannabeadragon]

It's not like the exit will be going anywhere.

[gotyourwallet]

If the staff find out, I'm willing to bet they'll be doing something to cease the flow of people out of the Keep.

[She's yet to decide whether the staff are helping them or imprisoning them.]

[iwannabeadragon]

Then we'll just have to make sure they don't find out.

[Hawke is very good at keeping secrets after all.]

[gotyourwallet]

It's a risk I'm taking because I have to, Garrett.

[This is her serious face.]

[iwannabeadragon]

It's not like people haven't disappeared from here before. Some have even vanished and come back.

[Albeit with no memory of being here.]

[gotyourwallet]

We don't know where they go.

As for those that return, more than a few here know me and remember me from another place. The person they knew is Vie, but not me.

Who is to say those that return are the same that were here before?

[iwannabeadragon]

[Hawke looks at her for a moment and scratches his head.]

I can't tell if you're arguing for me to go or for me to stay.

[gotyourwallet]

I'm just...

[Frustrated. Vie runs a hand through her hair.]

You know I don't want you to go, but if you find the way out now, I'd rather you take the chance while it's there than risk losing it entirely.

[She's worried. She cares. If this path is real and he loses his out because of her, Vie won't forgive herself.]

It's my own blunder that will keep me here.

[iwannabeadragon]

Vie, I've made a lot of mistakes in my life but I can't count being stuck here longer with you as one of them.

[It's strange how going home seems more like a punishment to him now than staying here.]

And I fail to see how being murdered by a crazy monster is your blunder.

[gotyourwallet]

He warned my twice to back down. I didn't. The consequences were more than...

[She shakes her head. What's done is done.]

It's my responsibility to get the bracelet back if I can. If not, I need to try and find an alternate way.