I think you being here after facing him tells me most of what I need to know, anyway.
[ Part of it is sentimental - he isn't going to pretend like he hadn't been worried that this was finally the thing that the Inquisitor wasn't going to walk back from. Seeing her here, knowing she came out relatively okay, eases some of that gut clenching worry he's had. The rest of it - they already have a plan, and all they'd needed before he followed the fox here was to find Corypheus. Here's to hoping their plan works out, too. ]
Of course, I'm not ruling out my chance to take you up on that later.
[ Varric is nothing if not curious, and he's certainly not going to shoot himself in the foot about it now, knowing that if he gets a few drinks in him he'll probably be eager for the story.
The only thing that really gives him any pause is her comment about Chuckles, coming right after that question about lovers. Maybe it's not his place to feel anything like protective, here, when he's not the Varric from her world, but - ]
If you have to say it like that, it sounds more to me like he's the one who made some unfortunate choices.
[ As much as he does actually like the guy, on top of considering him a friend - he must have been a complete and utter fool to have ever made her feel like she made a poor choice in him. He wants to ask if he hurt her, what he did - Varric'd like to take that back with him, if nothing else, he thinks, to be prepared for that.
But it doesn't feel like the kind of thing to ask out in the open, so instead he just gives a nod. ]
Want me to give you a boost up so you can try to grab it?
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[ Part of it is sentimental - he isn't going to pretend like he hadn't been worried that this was finally the thing that the Inquisitor wasn't going to walk back from. Seeing her here, knowing she came out relatively okay, eases some of that gut clenching worry he's had. The rest of it - they already have a plan, and all they'd needed before he followed the fox here was to find Corypheus. Here's to hoping their plan works out, too. ]
Of course, I'm not ruling out my chance to take you up on that later.
[ Varric is nothing if not curious, and he's certainly not going to shoot himself in the foot about it now, knowing that if he gets a few drinks in him he'll probably be eager for the story.
The only thing that really gives him any pause is her comment about Chuckles, coming right after that question about lovers. Maybe it's not his place to feel anything like protective, here, when he's not the Varric from her world, but - ]
If you have to say it like that, it sounds more to me like he's the one who made some unfortunate choices.
[ As much as he does actually like the guy, on top of considering him a friend - he must have been a complete and utter fool to have ever made her feel like she made a poor choice in him. He wants to ask if he hurt her, what he did - Varric'd like to take that back with him, if nothing else, he thinks, to be prepared for that.
But it doesn't feel like the kind of thing to ask out in the open, so instead he just gives a nod. ]
Want me to give you a boost up so you can try to grab it?