“I don’t know how to explain, but I had a dream… (…) When I woke, I went to the Chantry’s gardens, as I always do. But that day, the rose bush in the corner had flowered. Everyone knew that bush was dead. It was grey and twisted and gnarled - the ugliest thing you ever saw, but there it was - a single, beautiful rose. It was as though the Maker stretched out his hand to say ‘Even in the midst of this darkness, there is hope and beauty. Have faith.’”
– Leliana on why she joined forces with the Warden (Dragon Age: Origins)
you were so afraid she might touch you. you were so afraid anyone might touch you. you had always been afraid of anyone touching you.
[image descriptions: digital illustrations of ianthe tridentarius and harrowhark nonagesimus from the locked tomb series. they’re lying in ianthe’s bed next to each other, talking. ianthe has a disinterested expression and is saying, “eighteen… i remember being eighteen.” harrow responds, with an arched eyebrow, “you are twenty-two.” ianthe says, “it’s a universe away from eighteen.”
the second illustration shows ianthe and harrow’s hands next to each other on the bed. ianthe has her pinky finger stretched out a bit towards harrow’s hand, which is clutching the bedsheedts. there’s a starburst of light in the space between them.]
