(Vega's shoulders instantly go up to her ears and she slaps his arm instinctively, a brief pap with her palm — be louder! But this is the most she will chide him for it, so he's getting off lightly.)
Just fine. (It's a quick, tight response.) Why are you asking?
[the smack is enough to stop him in his tracks, briefly staring at Vega with a lost expression-- you hit me!!-- before he remembers what he was doing.]
I thought, [he stumbles, getting back on track,] perhaps our reunion wasn't as, [a pause.]
Fuck off, [he spits—- he walked right into this, and yet,]
You know what? Yes, go back to Tevinter. Go right to Minrathous, she’ll welcome you with open arms. You can even go meet the Elder One, he’ll love to finally have one of these in his possession to stay.
[He rips off his glove to flex his fingers around the shard.]
Maybe she’ll even make you heir. Wouldn’t that be grand.
Anybody relatively nearby will hear Vega clearly as she raises her voice to a proper scream of frustration. Her eyes are suddenly stinging.) I don't want to be heir of your ridiculous family, I want to be heir of mine!
(Vega, who is working herself up into proper hyperventilation, doesn't have the breath to tell him to get out of her sight. But he is leaving of his own accord by the look of it — good. Good!!
She gasps in deep before bursting into angry tears right there in the courtyard, pressing her face into her hands to hide.)
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[Benedict lengthens his stride to match Vega's pace from behind and nearby, hands folded behind his back, the picture of a gentleman.]
How've you been settling in? [let's pretend no other conversations have occurred before this one] I know it hasn't been, um. Easy.
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Just fine. (It's a quick, tight response.) Why are you asking?
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I thought, [he stumbles, getting back on track,] perhaps our reunion wasn't as, [a pause.]
...smooth. As it ought to have been.
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What are you saying? We should start again?
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Yes, [he decides, with conviction.]
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Then, she nods.)
Alright.
(Acceptable.)
How... are you.
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Fine,
[this is easy,]
how are you?
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(She feels awkward.)
How long have you been here?
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seven years?
[Maker, has it really been that long?]
Well-- give or take. Um. [let's not focus on that,]
How'd you get the shard?
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(Answer this question, then she'll answer yours.)
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I--
[don't tell her the details don't tell her the details]
--maybe?
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--oh, sorry, did you have plans?
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Oh, of course, you wouldn't understand this — I do have a whole life waiting for me back in Tevinter.
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Do you indeed? Does Fransisco know?
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How dare you! He is none of your concern!
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And neither is my life or what I'm doing with it any of yours, last I checked.
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There's nothing you're doing in your life that I even need to be concerned about.
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no wonder Mother loved you.
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You know what? Yes, go back to Tevinter. Go right to Minrathous, she’ll welcome you with open arms. You can even go meet the Elder One, he’ll love to finally have one of these in his possession to stay.
[He rips off his glove to flex his fingers around the shard.]
Maybe she’ll even make you heir. Wouldn’t that be grand.
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Anybody relatively nearby will hear Vega clearly as she raises her voice to a proper scream of frustration. Her eyes are suddenly stinging.) I don't want to be heir of your ridiculous family, I want to be heir of mine!
I want what I'm owed!
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You’ve got it, [he calls imperiously to her, gesturing around at the courtyard as he backs away,]
everything you’re owed. Right here.
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She gasps in deep before bursting into angry tears right there in the courtyard, pressing her face into her hands to hide.)
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He turns and walks away, the exchange already looming over him to stew on indefinitely.]