And for those others who might suffer some consequence simply because a person sees an elf and decides that any elf will do? [There's knowing there, more than Araceli would usually like to share but Sina's her friend and enough has happened that she doesn't want anyone to be hurt by this. (Thedas has plenty of history of that, recent history.)] You have clan, my people think like a crew pulling together.
While we're here, I think that we give up parts of what we were before. If only for a time. We have to be Inquisition first or how are we any better than what came before in Thedas? All our judgements, our prejudices, all the things that can lead to poor choices when we can least afford them. Too many people rely on us for that, whether or not they see that yet. Whether or not they want to see that.
Any elf is my People, [Sina answers vehemently. As if she only cares about the Dalish? As if her concern only extends to those she personally knows?]
With all due respect, lethallan, neither of us is here by choice. You have chosen to be Inquisition, I have chosen to help it in exchange for it helping me. But it--
[She takes a hitching, shaky breath again. She won't get into this, not over sending crystal, not when she knows Araceli's anxieties.]
...hasn't. I'm doing my best. I will try to make it right. I understand where you're coming from. But I cannot give my heart to this organization as you have, I cannot live for it, devote my everything to its success. [Soon she'll live for nothing.]
[Just what? What is she going to say? Too long as Sina's friend to admit the truth of who she is to her and as much as she cares for Sina, Araceli isn't foolish enough to trust those who don't need to know with the knowledge. So here they are.]
Don't put yourself in a position to be hurt.
[It's out of her hands anyway, she won't be the only person to know but she's done, she's tired, she's just surgically excising her second friendship in about a week by the looks of things.]
[Araceli might be surprised by the results of honesty-- Sina has tried to address her concerns, and would no doubt be displeased to find that it hasn't been good enough, that Araceli has severed their friendship anyway. Whatever the case, by the tone of her voice, the feeling isn't reciprocated; she's disagreed with friends before, and will likely to do it again.]
I'll try. [The words are sincere.] I don't want anyone to be hurt. I'll do what I can to prevent it.
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While we're here, I think that we give up parts of what we were before. If only for a time. We have to be Inquisition first or how are we any better than what came before in Thedas? All our judgements, our prejudices, all the things that can lead to poor choices when we can least afford them. Too many people rely on us for that, whether or not they see that yet. Whether or not they want to see that.
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With all due respect, lethallan, neither of us is here by choice. You have chosen to be Inquisition, I have chosen to help it in exchange for it helping me. But it--
[She takes a hitching, shaky breath again. She won't get into this, not over sending crystal, not when she knows Araceli's anxieties.]
...hasn't. I'm doing my best. I will try to make it right. I understand where you're coming from. But I cannot give my heart to this organization as you have, I cannot live for it, devote my everything to its success. [Soon she'll live for nothing.]
I'm sorry.
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[Just what? What is she going to say? Too long as Sina's friend to admit the truth of who she is to her and as much as she cares for Sina, Araceli isn't foolish enough to trust those who don't need to know with the knowledge. So here they are.]
Don't put yourself in a position to be hurt.
[It's out of her hands anyway, she won't be the only person to know but she's done, she's tired, she's just surgically excising her second friendship in about a week by the looks of things.]
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I'll try. [The words are sincere.] I don't want anyone to be hurt. I'll do what I can to prevent it.