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[iwannabeadragon]

I knew I’d get this thing on eventually. All it it needed was a few swift kicks to help it along.

[Hawke looks rather smug with himself right now. Despite the crash course given to him, of which he may have zoned out of once or twice, he understands this console about as much as he does magic. The fact he got it working on his own means a lot to him.]

Alright, from what I hear this place is in need of heroes and the like. So much so in fact that they’ve started kidnapping people right off the street. Now I don’t mean to criticize your emperor, but that’s exactly what I’m going to do. Generally it’s considered good manners to ask someone for help instead of just grabbing them by their short and curlies and just dragging them off somewhere.

[He wags his finger in a very ‘you should be ashamed of yourself’ manner.]

Maker, at least people in Kirkwall gave me the illusion of choice before asking me to do something stupid and dangerous. They usually pay me too.

[When he sighs it’s utterly exaggerated.]

Oh well, no use in complaining I suppose.

[Of course that doesn’t mean he’s actually going to stop anytime soon.]

Since I’m here I may as well play along. Chances are this is all some kind of Fade...dream...thing, so what’s the worst that can happen? Besides the possibility of demonic possession.

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[knewtoomuch]

[The staring. They get that a lot in this place. Goes with the territory.]

That's probably the best way to go about dealing with this. There are far more important things to worry about, hmm? Getting out of here on your own is out of the question for sure.

[iwannabeadragon]

No, apparently I have to help save the world first. At least that's something I'm used to.

[Well, maybe not such a grand scale as saving the world but he's good at saving things...for the most part.]

[knewtoomuch]

There seems to be an abundance of those types around here. You're in good company....not really MY company since I would hardly call anything I did as saving anything.

[Being an angel and all that, he was sort of expected to stand aside for the end of the world. End of all things. All that nonsense.]

But at least they managed to pull in most of the right warriors here. Hit or miss from what I've observed.

[iwannabeadragon]

You wouldn't happen to be the doom and destruction type would you? Because we were getting along so well.

[knewtoomuch]

I wouldn't call anything I did to be particularly destructive. Now if we count my siblings and you want to go with blood relations then...guilty by association. They wanted the end of the world. I didn't care.

[Now he really is rambling. He waves his hand dismissively.]

A shame if that takes away from how this has been going. It's so hard to find good conversationalists.

[iwannabeadragon]

[Hawke quirks an eyebrow but doesn't say anything. Guilty by association isn't a phrase he likes. After all, Hawke likes to give everyone a chance. If they screw that up then that's their fault but Hawke won't condemn someone before knowing them.]

You're definitely strange, but that description fits just about everyone I know. Suppose time will tell one way or another. It always does.

[knewtoomuch]

[A shame others did not always follow that line of logic. Where he comes from, it is quite acceptable to simply get rid of a problem before it arises. Never mind the consequences.]

I certainly cannot put that any better myself. We are our own judge after all...for ourselves and those around us.

[iwannabeadragon]

[That hits a little closer to home than Hawke is comfortable with Balthazar.]

Well I do have a way with words. It's just a way not everyone appreciates.

[knewtoomuch]

[Sometimes Balthazar has his moments where he just says things that happens to be more than they actually want to hear.]

The same could be said for me. I have plenty of siblings that could tell you that my own ways with words often lead me into bad situations. So...feeling is mutual.

[iwannabeadragon]

Sounds like they have something in common with my own then.

[Maybe, Balthazar is kind of an enigma that Hawke wants to figure out.]

Can't expect everyone to have a sense of humor I suppose.

[knewtoomuch]

It's good to know that siblings are similar no matter what worlds we come from.

[Balthazar enjoys being that mystery wrapped in an enigma. It's the way to be.]

Not usually. I find that it is rather difficult to find anybody with the same sense of humor at my own wavelength.

[iwannabeadragon]

I know your pain. I lived in a city full of people who didn't appreciate good humor.

[knewtoomuch]

That is a downright shame. We can both be rest assured that at least we can find decently amusing people here...as far as I can tell. I'm rambling.

[iwannabeadragon]

You've got a habit of that.

[knewtoomuch]

I suppose that should be my clue to make an exit for the time being. I have no doubt that we will run into each other.

[iwannabeadragon]

I have little doubt of that either.

[Hawke attracts strange like honey attracts bears.]