If people knew that, maybe there wouldn't be so much fear or hate against the Knight-Commander. "You're a good man." And, with small reluctance, she added: "And she is to be commended as well, duty or no."
Hawke tilted her head back to look at him, laughing. "I've had smoother battles to the death before. I'm surprised I'm Champion with how embarrassing that fight was, to be honest. And you weren't there to see it." And neither were Meredith or Orsino, thank the Maker. That would have been worse. "But it could have been worse. Maybe." Like her mother being there.
She turned herself back to look at the sail, half-smiling. She took her place at the front to watch for trouble, her eyes on the waves and on anything dark and suspicious that could get in their way. "I could. It's an idea." But even meeting her cousin and taking a trip seemed far off for her. "There are things I need to do," she said noncommittally. That was a good enough excuse, right? "What about you? Is there anything you'd leave Kirkwall for? Family, friends?" She smiled. "Vacation?"
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Hawke tilted her head back to look at him, laughing. "I've had smoother battles to the death before. I'm surprised I'm Champion with how embarrassing that fight was, to be honest. And you weren't there to see it." And neither were Meredith or Orsino, thank the Maker. That would have been worse. "But it could have been worse. Maybe." Like her mother being there.
She turned herself back to look at the sail, half-smiling. She took her place at the front to watch for trouble, her eyes on the waves and on anything dark and suspicious that could get in their way. "I could. It's an idea." But even meeting her cousin and taking a trip seemed far off for her. "There are things I need to do," she said noncommittally. That was a good enough excuse, right? "What about you? Is there anything you'd leave Kirkwall for? Family, friends?" She smiled. "Vacation?"