Anders watched Lily in the side of the Hightown square, a few nobles buying flowers from her. She couldn't speak, so she used her hands to say that each flower was worth three silvers a piece, and she would tuck her earnings into her pouch by her belt, before handing the flowers to the customer with a beautiful smile. Once in a while, men would buy from her, and when she smiled, they blushed, admiring her beauty. He smiled to himself. The woman was quite charming, and she hardly even opened her mouth.

Lily's eyes found him lurking in a corner near her, and she waved, smiling at him. He gave a small smile in return, before a man with white hair distracted him. He blinked, and slunk further into the shadows as he recognized him. Lily's head tilted left, before looking to her other side to look at what he had just seen.

It was that elven former-slave, Fenris, walking around Hightown with the pirate queen, Isabela, and his friend, the dwarven Varric Tethras. They seemed to be making their way back to Fenris' mansion, their weapons sheathed. Fenris had noticed Lily in the side and seemed to be making his way towards her, the other two following behind him. At the sight of her, Isabela blinked in surprise.

"A flower girl?" Isabela said as she looked at Lily, "In the middle of Hightown? I haven't seen you around, my dear. Are you new here?"

Lily flushed at their attention, and nodded shyly. Isabela smiled, "Such beauty… and with such lovely eyes. You remind me of a white cat with those eyes. What's your name?"

As she had done with Anders, Lily raised a lily flower to her, and she blinked. Varric immediately understood. "She's mute. She can't speak. I think she's saying her name is Lily."

Isabela and Fenris looked at her again. "Such a shame. A pretty face like that should have a pretty voice to go along with it. But whatever, she is quite lovely."

Fenris smiled a little, "Indeed." He bowed a little at her, "How much for your flowers, Messere Lily?"

Lily smiled at him and held up three fingers, and Fenris reached to his pouch to give her the coins. She blinked, obviously surprised at the amount of coin he gave, and Fenris nodded. "I'd like to buy all of them, if you don't mind."

She nodded, and bunched up all the flowers, tying them together with some twine she had, before giving them to Fenris.

"I never thought you were a flower-giving type, Elf." Varric said as the elf took the flowers, "Are they for Hawke?"

"Some of them." Fenris said, "The others, for the graves. The dead need to be honored as well."

"Alright, now I'm envious of Hawke… well, not really." Isabela said, and she yawned, "Come on, we have to get back. I am dead tired."

Fenris bowed in thanks to Lily, which she returned with a beautiful smile. Isabela smirked and touched her chin, "I hope to see you here more often, kitten." She said, winking flirtatiously.

Lily flushed as they began to walk, and as soon as their back was turned, Anders reached over and pulled Lily to his side, hiding her in the shadows with him… just as Fenris stopped and looked around.

"What's the matter, elf?" Varris said, "Come on, I need a drink at the Hanged Man."

"I… I thought I smelled a lyrium potion." Fenris said, and he looked around, "And the flower woman is missing."

"You did buy all her flowers, Fenris." Isabela said, "Maybe she immediately went home to feed the family. Come on! I want to get a drink and some decent sleep."

Fenris continued to look at the corner where Lily stood, and Anders held his breath. Finally the elf turned around and left with the two, holding the flowers carefully in his gauntleted hand.

Anders breathed as sigh of relief, and leaned back in against the wall he was hiding in and closing his eyes. It was a close call. If the three of them had known he was there, they would've told Hawke… or in Fenris' case, killed him outright. He cursed, knowing that the lyrium potion that Fenris smelled came from his pack, where a bottle had probably broken when he stuffed all his belongings from the clinic in his haste.

He opened his eyes and looked beside him, only to see Lily a few feet away from him, crouched down. He sighed and lifted his pack as he made his way to her. "I'm sorry about that, Lily. They were my companions… I was afraid they'd alert Hawke if they found out about me. Lily?"

Lily looked over her shoulder, and grinned up at him, before standing up, and making her way back to him. She grinned happily as she lifted her hands, and a small mewl made him blink.

A furry, little tabby kitten with blue eyes was nestled in her palms, and it looked at Anders, before mewling again. He felt his heart melt at the feline face, "Awww… look at the cute little kitty!" He said in a childish voice, and he looked up at Lily, who looked rather hopeful. "You… want to keep it? But what if it has an owner?"

Lily shook her head, showing him the little kitten's neck, which was void of a collar. The kitten mewled again, and Lily grinned and turned the kitten's face to her face, rubbing its nose with hers. The cat purred, and she looked up at Anders again, her face hopeful.

"Are you sure no one owns him?" He asked her, "I love cats, Lily, but I draw the line at stealing one."

She shook her head vigorously, and turned the cat to him again, before pouting and blinking her eyes rapidly in an action of pleading. He laughed, she looked too cute.

"Alright, alright. We'll take care of her." Anders said, and Lily gave a little jump of happiness before cuddling the kitten again. He reached out and tickled the back of the kitten's ear, and it emitted a pleased purr. "What shall we call her then?"

Lily shrugged, and cuddled the kitten closer to her chest, the cute little purring becoming louder. Ander chuckled, "Cuddles, then… since you like cuddling her so much." She nodded and gave the kitten a small kiss, before turning it to Anders. He smiled and gave the adorable little feline a kiss as well, and Lily tucked her new pet into her basket before smiling up at Anders.

"Come on then, messere. I'm pretty sure Cuddles is hungry, and I could use lunch too." He said, and she nodded. He put his arm around her shoulders as she wound her arm around his waist, walking out of Kirkwall back to Lily's house.