They could all do with being up close with a battlefield right outside their doorsteps. Maybe then they'd get a bit more appreciative instead of being fucking hypocrites up there on their high horses, looking down on everyone with judgment they haven't earned in being able to cast on others.

[Dex now definitely felt Ava's thumb running along his hand. But by now this deep into the conversation it felt more like a comfortable gesture than anything else, so he didn't pull away.

He grinned and completely brightened up when Ava said she thought he'd look good in a cowboy hat.]

Really? You think so? I always have liked Westerns a lot.