[ if he can be anyone, is he doing it now? gotta be, least a bit, gotta do it all the time. exhausting —
anyone'll tell you bastien's clever. but ask 'round for a list, and he'd never make it on. folks would tick down past strange, and the provost, and viktor; maybe look past a book at yseult. and anyone'll tell you bastien listens. ]
Does it ever rub off? When I was a kid, y'know: Stop making that face, it'll stick.
[ Do they tell it to the little qunari in Par Vollen? He'll have to try to find out. ]
But no. I don't think so. No more than for anyone. Maybe less. When you learn to pay attention to doing something on purpose, it becomes easier not to do it on accident. But most of who we are is rubbed off from somewhere, don't you think?
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[ A little bit of arch humor there. Being insulting on purpose is the entire reason for this uncomfortable conversation. ]
I guess Antiva is as warm as you can get before you start running into Qunari or Magisters or the Blight.
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[ if he can be anyone, is he doing it now? gotta be, least a bit, gotta do it all the time. exhausting —
anyone'll tell you bastien's clever. but ask 'round for a list, and he'd never make it on. folks would tick down past strange, and the provost, and viktor; maybe look past a book at yseult. and anyone'll tell you bastien listens. ]
Does it ever rub off? When I was a kid, y'know: Stop making that face, it'll stick.
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[ Do they tell it to the little qunari in Par Vollen? He'll have to try to find out. ]
But no. I don't think so. No more than for anyone. Maybe less. When you learn to pay attention to doing something on purpose, it becomes easier not to do it on accident. But most of who we are is rubbed off from somewhere, don't you think?
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[ done it plenty, and he's doing it again, if you ask anyone in the march — ]
But feels like it don't give folks enough credit. Even if you're picking the bits you like, there's someone did the picking.