As I head back to my room. I see Varric waving at me. I walk over to him.
"So…now that Cassandra is out of earshot. Are you holding up alright? I mean you go from being the most wanted criminal in Thedas to joining the armies of the faithful. Most people would have spread that out over one day," He says.
"Well I did sleep for 3 days, I'm told," I banter.
"I'm glad to see your sense of humor is intact," jokes Varric.
"But really how are you?" he adds seriously.
I'm touched he would even ask as no one but Nadia seems to care about how I am doing, at least thus far.
"You want to know the truth or should I spew what people want to hear?" I weakly jibe.
"I want to know how you really feel," he states seriously.
"None of this shit should have ever happened!" I state angrily my face hard.
"You don't know the half of it," Varric agrees imitating my expression.
"I don't even want to think about how many lives were lost on that mountain top," I sigh sadly.
"A lot of good men and women never made it out of there," He states, his eyes soften.
"For days now we've been staring at the breach," he adds sadly smiling, "Watching demons and Maker knows what fall out of it. Bad for morale would be an understatement. I still can't believe anyone was in there and lived"
"If it was that bad why did you stay? Cassandra said you were free to go" I question.
"I like to think I'm as selfish and irresponsible as the next guy. But this…" He trails off looking at The Breach.
"Thousands of people died on that mountain. I was almost one of them and now there is a hole in the sky. Even I can't walk away and just leave that to sort it's self out." He states staunchly, his resolve is absolute.
"I still not sure I believe any of this is really happening. Just lucky I guess," I say slowly smirking.
"Good luck or Bad Luck," Varric jokes.
"If this is all just the Maker winding us up, I hope there is a damn good punch line coming," He states threateningly.
"Seriously though," he adds earnestly, "You might want to consider running at the first opportunity. I've written enough tragedies to know where this is going. Heroes are everywhere. I've seen that. But a hole in the sky, that's beyond heroes. We are going to need a miracle."
Author's note: edited for grammar and spelling:)