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[outofthebreach]

"I'm told I am supposed to leave a message here. So. Here I am.
Leaving a message. Now, I believe, is your turn?"

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[outofthebreach]

Ever trying to be the mysterious elvhen, even after everything, I see.

[ There's a note of exasperation in his tone as he shakes his head. It had been no secret that his friendship - as it were - with Solas had often been complicated at best and fractious at worst. Granted, the scholar had been inordinately fun to annoy on many occasions, even if that often led to his ear being bent over this mundane historical lecture or that.

He would not deny the help the mage had been along the way, however dubious his motivations and ambitions may have been. Brennan is quite certain the Inquisition never would have gotten as far as it had without the apostate. At the very least, the aftermath of Haven would not have led to the sanctuary and safety it did, let alone the events of discovering the means of Corypheus' downfall. ]

The fact that he returned to rout such a threat when we needed him to might belie those words, Dorian. You know he's far from my favorite person but Solas' purposes have ever been his own. It did not keep him from being what we needed, when we needed it.

[magisterium]

[For as complex and often confrontational as his own feelings regarding the supposed hedge mage were, Dorian would never deny that he had been a critical member of the Inquisition, that they would never have come as far as they had without him. He exhales slowly before nodding in response, his lips pulling into a tight and mirthless smile for a moment.]

It is more complicated than even I have words for— and you know full well that I never run out of those— but I will concede on that point. I know there are many obstacles we would not have surmounted without him, and in this particular instance... it is entirely possible that he saved your life where I could not, and there is a large part of me that is grateful for that.

[Whatever else he may feel, that much remains certain.]

That said, you did not part well, though I will say I do not think it brought him any joy to turn his back to you. He has an army, amatus, one to rival the Inquisition’s own, and his true identity has come to light.