There is a rift opened over our island, and a Venatori madman terrorizing our people with a force too great for us to fight on our own. Our hope was that the Inquisition could assist us in removing both.
[ john takes a breath. ]
I know you and I differ on what should come after that. But I hope you believe me when I tell you my people are suffering.
[It's the first time he's heard what pushed the pirates here other than potential opportunity for allies against Tevinter. Fighting the Venatori for one's people strikes very close to home, unlike the other, and he nods. A moment after the nod he remembers that whole deal about how you can't see someone over the crystals.]
Mine are as well, and at the hands of the Venatori.
[The enemy of my enemy. Also still his enemy... but maybe not directly. Definitely not to the extent that the people who killed his mother are.]
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There is a rift opened over our island, and a Venatori madman terrorizing our people with a force too great for us to fight on our own. Our hope was that the Inquisition could assist us in removing both.
[ john takes a breath. ]
I know you and I differ on what should come after that. But I hope you believe me when I tell you my people are suffering.
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Mine are as well, and at the hands of the Venatori.
[The enemy of my enemy. Also still his enemy... but maybe not directly. Definitely not to the extent that the people who killed his mother are.]
I will help you take down Gertruda.
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Thank you.
[ and because john knows not to push a good thing past the breaking point— ]
I'll let you know when we're shipping out.
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