character&universe. Kate&Loghain, Reparation.
Kate has never danced in public. Hasn't dressed up, stood in silk dresses and never within a human's reach.
"Stop fidgeting. You're drawing attention."
The words snap her to reality. They are in danger, in a world cruel to her kind, worse to someone who defies it like her Commander.
"That hard to pretend?"
There is something there. Harsh as Loghain usually is, it trembles behind that gaze, feels real and tender. The elf is aware of it as he closes his arms tightly around her, his attention devoted solely to their task.
It is. It cannot be faked anymore.