Things are always on the verge of exploding. [Said dryly. It's Kirkwall's national past-time, even before the Inquisition got there.] I think it'll be a bigger shock when we wake up to a day where that's not the case. But if that ever happens, you better believe I'll take that opportunity and run with it. You take a lot on your shoulders, kadan. I'm proud of all that you've done and will do, it's not like I'd ever discourage that. I just want to make sure you have a moment here and there to breathe. If Madame de Cedoux is as reasonable as I've been told, she'd surely agree.

[When they're fighting a war with high stakes for them all, that's really the most they can expect.]

Thank you, kadan. It's painful, but it helps to hear your voice, and I'll get through this. I just hope I don't run out of space for memorial tattoos, at some point.

Do you want to meet at the baths when it's quieter? Something tells me your muscles could use a good soak as much as mine. [Soaking and backrubs and oils afterward, that will make the day suck a little less.]