Fenris Choice

by Elantis Seasali

His choices had been made for him most of his life, so she decided she wouldn't push him. But what motivates a man who is still learning what it is to be free? When the choices are suddenly his to make? Idea came to me through my most recent play through of Dragon Age II and is based on the choices made in that game and my thinking of what motivated those choices off screen.

3. Sister talk

Bethany and Jacqueline went to their Uncle's after that. Varric being ever the Gentleman saw them home safely while Anders went to his clinic.

Their mother scolded them for being out all night, again, and returning covered in blood and filth, again. Still she made them breakfast while each took a turn bathing after the long night.

It was sometime later, after they had eaten and gotten ready for sleep that Bethany finally spoke up. "You fancy that grumpy elf, don't you?" she asked her older sister, a mischievous gleam in her eye.

Jacqueline looked over at her sister in shock. "What are you going on about now, Beth? I don't..."

Oh, don't give me that. I'd have had to been a blind Qunari to miss how you flirted with him. Not to mention how you both kept glancing at each other durring the fighting," she interrupted. "I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen you flirt like that."

Jacqueline sighed as she stared up at the ceiling and shook her head. "Your reading into it too much, Beth. Besides, he's an ex slave. From the sounds of it this is the first bit of freedom he's allowed himself. I'm not going to complicate that more than it already is for him. He needs friends now more than anything else," she reasoned.
Bethany laughed and shook her head. "None of that means you can't, or don't, like him, Jack. You're just making excuses or maybe you don't know it yourself. I'm still not sure."
Jacqueline was silent for a long time and Bethany thought she had fallen asleep until she heard. "So what if I do? That just proves why I can't act on it or anything. I want him to have something he never had before, Beth. Even at the risk of my own heart."

Bethany looked over at her sister in confusion. "Oh? And what is that?"

Jacqueline looked over at her and smiled sadly. "A choice. A say in his own life. Promise you won't tell anyone about this, Bethy. I don't want him to feel obliged or pressured into joining us or befriending us," she explained.

Bethany smiled and nodded. "I promise, but this only proves it. How much you like him. You have a big heart, maybe you can share it with him and help him heal his own, "S he said. However when she looked over at Jacqueline she was already asleep. She sighed and rolled over to fall asleep herself.