It is a little like learning to walk from the beginning all over again, I shall give you that.
[ He pats Lasulahn's arm lightly, taking the stairs at a sedate pace. The stone is old and worn and the boots are new and that could cause all manner of problems if they are not careful. ]
Who else would be able to help you? As much as Vivienne goes on about presentation mattering she is as much a part of the problem as the rest of the nobles you will endure, Dorian while delightful has no frame of reference for your particular brand of being an outsider, The Bull- might make a fair attempt at it if he cared enough to play the game by the Orlesian's rules, Cassandra, Josephine, and Leliana all mean well but also lack context for why getting this right on your terms matters most, Cullen cannot walk well in his own metal boots let alone yours, Cole is- strange, Varric is more concerned with spinning the right rumors to gain appropriate levels of support and infamy for you and your merry band, Blackwall's disdain for all things courtly is all but palpable, Sera is...
[ Zevran sighs as though offended down to his very bones. ]
Sera is Sera and Solas is a pompous pretentious prick.
[ a beat. ]
A useful pretentious prick, but a prick nonetheless.
wherein zev gives his opinions of the advisors and companions.
[ He pats Lasulahn's arm lightly, taking the stairs at a sedate pace. The stone is old and worn and the boots are new and that could cause all manner of problems if they are not careful. ]
Who else would be able to help you? As much as Vivienne goes on about presentation mattering she is as much a part of the problem as the rest of the nobles you will endure, Dorian while delightful has no frame of reference for your particular brand of being an outsider, The Bull- might make a fair attempt at it if he cared enough to play the game by the Orlesian's rules, Cassandra, Josephine, and Leliana all mean well but also lack context for why getting this right on your terms matters most, Cullen cannot walk well in his own metal boots let alone yours, Cole is- strange, Varric is more concerned with spinning the right rumors to gain appropriate levels of support and infamy for you and your merry band, Blackwall's disdain for all things courtly is all but palpable, Sera is...
[ Zevran sighs as though offended down to his very bones. ]
Sera is Sera and Solas is a pompous pretentious prick.
[ a beat. ]
A useful pretentious prick, but a prick nonetheless.