There is a place in her that is cold and dark, that she doesn't talk about but has had to more recently than she ever wanted to, and she was afraid and alone there with her mind spilling out through her fingers. (Her left hand held in her right now, thumb pressed until it pops.)
But there's doing her duty, and people might die so she swallows all of it, steadies her breathing then picks up the crystal in the left hand.]
I have, we don't have many ships to spare but there's Charles Vane and the rest of the Walrus. If we end up in the same position we did before… [There's not going to be a safe harbour like Llomerryn, and there is a dragon that might come down to burn them alive, and many of them poor swimmers who have never been aboard a ship a day in their lives prior to the Inquisition.
(Perhaps, she thinks with hindsight coming to stab her neatly in the spine, she might have demanded they all fucking learn. That it be mandatory for any going on a ship to a mission.)]
Seheron, there's Qarinus, the first part of Rivain we'd hit is Kont-aar and that'll be friend to little or none of us if they're listing, and after that business in Llomerryn I wouldn't bank on us having a friend there now, I don't know if we could list into her harbours. We'll need to still sail past unless everyone wants to try the passage between it and Rivain, make as if for Wycome, keep hugging the coast or near as…
[Her voice is coming from above now, standing to look at the maps, she'll need to speak to Vane at the very least since she knows him to speak to, hasn't had the chance to talk with any of the rest of them-- But more immediate matters.] How soon can supplies be on the ships? Healing potions, poultices, food and water, bandages? They'll be some aboard but we should expect the worst.
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There is a place in her that is cold and dark, that she doesn't talk about but has had to more recently than she ever wanted to, and she was afraid and alone there with her mind spilling out through her fingers. (Her left hand held in her right now, thumb pressed until it pops.)
But there's doing her duty, and people might die so she swallows all of it, steadies her breathing then picks up the crystal in the left hand.]
I have, we don't have many ships to spare but there's Charles Vane and the rest of the Walrus. If we end up in the same position we did before… [There's not going to be a safe harbour like Llomerryn, and there is a dragon that might come down to burn them alive, and many of them poor swimmers who have never been aboard a ship a day in their lives prior to the Inquisition.
(Perhaps, she thinks with hindsight coming to stab her neatly in the spine, she might have demanded they all fucking learn. That it be mandatory for any going on a ship to a mission.)]
Seheron, there's Qarinus, the first part of Rivain we'd hit is Kont-aar and that'll be friend to little or none of us if they're listing, and after that business in Llomerryn I wouldn't bank on us having a friend there now, I don't know if we could list into her harbours. We'll need to still sail past unless everyone wants to try the passage between it and Rivain, make as if for Wycome, keep hugging the coast or near as…
[Her voice is coming from above now, standing to look at the maps, she'll need to speak to Vane at the very least since she knows him to speak to, hasn't had the chance to talk with any of the rest of them-- But more immediate matters.] How soon can supplies be on the ships? Healing potions, poultices, food and water, bandages? They'll be some aboard but we should expect the worst.