[Voice] UN: alistair

[nobroth]

[Just voice today - quiet and subdued.]

So, um.

For any of you who don't know. Zevran's gone. It's... been a few days now.

He's been quiet for a while, I just.

....Yeah.

Anyway, sorry for the... the bad news.

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UN: RankA

[skyward_eyes]

Hey, don't give up hope, Alistair. I was gone for a while too and then appeared back here. Just older. And tired.

[Not promising that will happen with Zevran, but, well... There's always that chance.]

UN: alistair

[nobroth]

He already wasn't the Zevran from my world. Which means even if Zevran does show back up, he probably won't be the same one.

I'll be all right. I'd just. Gotten used to him being around is all.

[skyward_eyes]

I know it isn't that simple, Zevran, but...

Even if he wasn't your Zevran, he was your friend. I was fond of him too, even though we didn't interact much. I'm really sorry about this. Is there anything I can do to help?

[nobroth]

No - no, I'm all right, really. Not happy about it, of course, but it's selfish of me to be upset that he went back to...

[To a world that was better than his? Absolutely.]

Anyway. He's fine. And now he doesn't have to worry about those...

That terrifying... whatever it was that Pepper and I saw. He just has the normal things to worry about. Like werewolves. And dragons.

[skyward_eyes]

Fuck that. It's not selfish. Guy was your friend, right? And home doesn't promise good things.

[And in a smaller, momentarily pained voice] You can trust me on that one.

Dude, dragons are NEVER cool to worry about. Nearly been eaten by them a few times.

[nobroth]

He showed me his version. Compared to what I went through, his was... amazing. But that's--

One time you said you wanted to talk about worlds. Want to see my dragon scars sometime? One chewed on me.

[Subject change a-go-go. It was better than talking about losing the first friend he ever had.]

[skyward_eyes]

[Yeah, Nida will let you subject change. Trust him, he gets it.]

Yeah, same here. But from what Bull told me, they're bigger on your world, so my scars won't be as impressive.

[nobroth]

High dragons, yeah. Drakes are smaller, and then there are the dragonlings, varghests, lurkers, phoenixes... The high dragon I ran up against left me with one row of scars from one side of the thing's mouth across my chest, the other one across my thighs.

[skyward_eyes]

Chest to thighs? Wow. Mine isn't as wide as that. Sounds bad. Still, nice to know there are other people who understand dragons.

[nobroth]

They're pretty rare. Less now than they used to be - we thought for a long time the Nevarrans had hunted them into extinction, but since then we've seen... I think... almost twenty? High dragons? Which... isn't great news, really...

[skyward_eyes]

Dragons breed well. But they're way more common on my world.

[nobroth]

Yeah, the varghests and lurkers and phoenixes and all are more common in Thedas, but if you find a dragonling, the best idea might be to run away from that area, because their mother can't be too far.

[skyward_eyes]

Wait, Phoenix as in plural? You have more than one of them?

[What the actual fuck? There is shock and awe in Nida's voice. How could there not be when Phoenix is one of the greatest of the GFs, a beneficent spirit on their world that can bring you back from the edge just with a feather left behind from it. He'd seen it once, and it was absolutely beautiful.]

Wait, you HUNT Phoenixes?!

[nobroth]

Um. Yes? They're horrible things. Smell like gone-off eggs, can poison you if you get too close, just by walking by, and if you eat them--

I saw one person who ate them. After they died. It was horrid.

[skyward_eyes]

Wait, what? That doesn't... That doesn't sound like a Phoenix. It's a beautiful massive bird. Bird and element of fire and healing. There is only one and it is...

It is beauty and freedom. And it smells like fire and dew. It's magic itself.