There's something to be said for preparing oneself. To really accept the possibility. So it doesn't catch you flat-footed when it inevitably occurs.
[ Seeing Isabela here had been its own kind of pain. First, seeing her dear friend trapped in this nightmare realm was bad enough. But also she hadn't quite realized how distant they had grown since that fateful night in Kirkwall. How they've both changed. And when she left the same bittersweet agony of being glad her friend was free but being alone again, and knowing she will never be that close with her again.
Still. Even with Clara's explanation, Laica had never seriously thought it could actually happen to her. And yet, here he is. Proof of her arrogant belief in her own significance to an uncaring universe.
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There's something to be said for preparing oneself. To really accept the possibility. So it doesn't catch you flat-footed when it inevitably occurs.
[ Seeing Isabela here had been its own kind of pain. First, seeing her dear friend trapped in this nightmare realm was bad enough. But also she hadn't quite realized how distant they had grown since that fateful night in Kirkwall. How they've both changed. And when she left the same bittersweet agony of being glad her friend was free but being alone again, and knowing she will never be that close with her again.
Still. Even with Clara's explanation, Laica had never seriously thought it could actually happen to her. And yet, here he is. Proof of her arrogant belief in her own significance to an uncaring universe.
She discards a card and shuffles her hand. ]
Forewarned is forearmed and whatnot.