?Cowards!? She laughed as the crowd broke up. ?But hey, you can always try to win it back on the way home!? That has met with a cluster of obscene hand-signs from the sailors; chuckling to herself she collected up her winnings. Her task was interrupted by a figure approaching, and as she looked up to see who it was, she had to do her best not to grimace; she tried to avoid Qunari that?d lived?or were living...under the Qun.
"You aren't of the Qun, nor have you ever been."
No shit buddy. She thought sarcastically. What gave me away?
"But you have purpose, I can see it in how you hold yourself. Mad purpose like all Bas but purpose all the same. I wish to know where your purpose comes from, what keeps you from being a simple beast."
The fuck? She wasn?t sure if she was being insulted, but part of her wanted to deck Tenaraad?just to be on the safe side. Fortunately, her common sense won out, and she merely cocked an eyebrow at him.
"I will elaborate. I was of the Qun once, it provided me purpose and without it I struggled to be anything, the small one, he said his people keep records to retain purpose. I have thought to try the same."
?[small]Ohhh?[/small]? She said softly. She?d come across this before when she?d worked with Qunari merc companies. ?Well that?s what you get when you have a culture that actively tries to stamp out free will; when the people get free of that oppression, they don?t know how to handle themselves because they?ve never been taught how to.? Kari shook her head, to disrupt that line of thought. Now wasn?t really the time for that.
?You asked my purpose?? She replied. ?Partially it?s simple greed I guess. I want enough coin stashed away that I can retire when I get to old or injured to keep working. The other part of it is to support my father. The old rabbit is too stubborn to admit it, but his farm is barely sufficient to keep him fed and he?s not getting any younger.? Her eyes grew a soft and faraway look to them. I really should go see him? ?You?re right, I didn?t grow up under that brainwashing. Dad found me in a bandit camp that he and his company were clearing out. His best guess is that the bandits ambushed some Tal-Vashoth, and I was part of the spoils.? With a small shrug, she went back to counting her winnings.
"You aren't of the Qun, nor have you ever been."
No shit buddy. She thought sarcastically. What gave me away?
"But you have purpose, I can see it in how you hold yourself. Mad purpose like all Bas but purpose all the same. I wish to know where your purpose comes from, what keeps you from being a simple beast."
The fuck? She wasn?t sure if she was being insulted, but part of her wanted to deck Tenaraad?just to be on the safe side. Fortunately, her common sense won out, and she merely cocked an eyebrow at him.
"I will elaborate. I was of the Qun once, it provided me purpose and without it I struggled to be anything, the small one, he said his people keep records to retain purpose. I have thought to try the same."
?[small]Ohhh?[/small]? She said softly. She?d come across this before when she?d worked with Qunari merc companies. ?Well that?s what you get when you have a culture that actively tries to stamp out free will; when the people get free of that oppression, they don?t know how to handle themselves because they?ve never been taught how to.? Kari shook her head, to disrupt that line of thought. Now wasn?t really the time for that.
?You asked my purpose?? She replied. ?Partially it?s simple greed I guess. I want enough coin stashed away that I can retire when I get to old or injured to keep working. The other part of it is to support my father. The old rabbit is too stubborn to admit it, but his farm is barely sufficient to keep him fed and he?s not getting any younger.? Her eyes grew a soft and faraway look to them. I really should go see him? ?You?re right, I didn?t grow up under that brainwashing. Dad found me in a bandit camp that he and his company were clearing out. His best guess is that the bandits ambushed some Tal-Vashoth, and I was part of the spoils.? With a small shrug, she went back to counting her winnings.