I know, I'm just– trying to get a leg up, okay. I want to know what I'm up against.
(a beat, and the next bit is more of a bitter mutter than anything,) I get what it looks like, but I'm telling the truth. (since that seems so hard for anybody to believe these days!!)
[Ellie's breath hisses out, because she already knows she's telling the truth. It's why she came into this hot. She had believed things were settled between them, at least in terms of violence. Even if she can't say she knows Abby, she feels that she understands her.
It sucks so much more that she does.]
... okay.
I haven't found anybody who fights like a Tevinter mage. But the asshole has a dragon, too. Don't be surprised if you see me on a dragon hunt if it comes up.
(... that's good to know. abby files it away for later, and- well, it certainly explains a couple of reactions she's had to that message. why nobody could tell her directly instead of beating about the bush is something she doesn't have an answer for; how the fuck was she supposed to have known that? this is still so new for her.
sucks enough that ellie's already got a head start.)
Got it.
(and then, for rudeness' sake:) And you can go ahead and let your guard dog know that you were the one to message me first, thanks.
[It's sharp and annoyed, and then... Ellie pushes out a breath, sharper and more annoyed. Because Abby wouldn't lie about this, but she knows who would.
And he told her that he wouldn't save her. She'd really thought he'd fucking stay out of it.]
[Ellie mutters under her breath, and just- fuck. All of this is a special sort of insane, but especially the fact that she's talking to Abby, having a conversation with Abby, and the second she thinks it she can feel a horrible tightness in her chest, and she clenches her teeth.]
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I know, I'm just– trying to get a leg up, okay. I want to know what I'm up against.
(a beat, and the next bit is more of a bitter mutter than anything,) I get what it looks like, but I'm telling the truth. (since that seems so hard for anybody to believe these days!!)
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It sucks so much more that she does.]
... okay.
I haven't found anybody who fights like a Tevinter mage. But the asshole has a dragon, too. Don't be surprised if you see me on a dragon hunt if it comes up.
[Fair warning. Almost for politeness' sake.]
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sucks enough that ellie's already got a head start.)
Got it.
(and then, for rudeness' sake:) And you can go ahead and let your guard dog know that you were the one to message me first, thanks.
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[It's sharp and annoyed, and then... Ellie pushes out a breath, sharper and more annoyed. Because Abby wouldn't lie about this, but she knows who would.
And he told her that he wouldn't save her. She'd really thought he'd fucking stay out of it.]
Astarion?
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Just to stop him from telling whoever'll listen that I made you cry in some- goddamn public square for no reason.
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[WHY IS EVERYONE SO INSULTING.]
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(why is this conversation so disarmingly normal, topic aside.) And while you're at it, tell him to leave me the fuck alone.
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[Ellie mutters under her breath, and just- fuck. All of this is a special sort of insane, but especially the fact that she's talking to Abby, having a conversation with Abby, and the second she thinks it she can feel a horrible tightness in her chest, and she clenches her teeth.]
Anybody else sticking their nose in?
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Nope. (because derrica was never dickish about it,) We good?
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[At least Derrica hasn't meddled, apparently. Or if she has, she hasn't stirred the pot. Ellie gives a sigh, and ends the communication.]