Aveline wanted to start teaching him how to fight when he was two and hardly able to walk. And he seemed genuinely interested in it, trying to pick up the guards' shields and walk around with one of their massive helmets on his head. Anders seemed to treat the boy more like a cat than anything but Lisa had to admit that she was always glad with how kind he was. Never a harsh word came out of his mouth when Kane was ear and in the end Lisa could see that Kane favored the man.
Fenris chose to not really pay any mind to the boy, but Lisa had caught him giving a small smile every so often whenever the boy would copy his cursing about Denarius. Merrill tried desperately to make the boy like her, more than was necessary. Lisa was sure the small woman still thought he hated her, and it made somewhat sense. Every time the two had been in contact he'd started crying, thrown up, or spilled something on her. But in the end Merrill never left Kane's thoughts and Lisa had a many a drawings of her and her silly unreflecting mirror.
Varric surprised her overall. She found herself leaving Kane at the Hanged Man with the dwarf and would feel completely okay about him being safe. The boy would simply sit in a chair, given a cup of juice, and stare mesmerized at the man as he told story after story. Lisa thought it might not be good for the boy, to fill his head about stories like the Hero of Ferelden and the fifth Blight, but she couldn't pull him away from it either.
In the end the only person that seemed unsure about Kane was Isabela. The woman had made herself somewhat scarce since the encounter that night and Lisa couldn't figure out why. Every time she came to the Hanged Man with the boy she was always conveniently gone. Varric claimed that it was the woman's fear of commitment and that just made Lisa confused. She wasn't committing to anything…sure, maybe she wanted a little more from the woman than just a satisfying night under the covers, but Kane's sudden presence had nothing to do with that.
Either way three years passed since her success in the Deep Roads and Lisa had found that she was more than comfortable leaving Kane with any of her friends for when she needed some time to herself. Today, he was with Bohdan and Sandal. Those two seemed to really get along, she wasn't sure why, maybe the similar imaginations but Kane always seemed worn out after being with the boy.
She made her way into the Hanged Man and instantly found Isabela settling on the bar with a drink in hand. "Isabela, fancy to see you here!" Lisa exclaimed, seeming to surprise Isabela as she jumped and turned around. Instantly the pirate's eyes dropped down to where Kane would normally be standing at the woman's side, holding her hand and either sucking on his thumb or dragging around a piece of parchment.
"Where's your buddy?" She asked curiously, downing the last of the drink as Lisa raised a curious brow.
"He's back home with Sandal…are you all right?" Lisa asked, crossing her arms over her chest as Isabela waved her hand at her as if to push away any worry.
"Of course I'm fine."
"Cause I haven't exactly seen you much since Kane got here," Lisa stated frankly and she could instantly see the guilt in Isabela's face.
"Oh…well I've just been looking up on that relic that I lost," Isabela remarked and while Lisa have every desire to call her out on her bullshit, she decided that bullying the woman into saying what was on her mind wasn't the best way to go about it. So instead she let the woman explain what she had found, and while it seemed to lead nowhere, Lisa simply smiled and nodded. Maybe one day she could get some truth out of the woman. Well, it wasn't that difficult to get her to tell the truth about other people, but it was practically impossible to get her to tell the truth about herself.
But soon enough Lisa's work picked up and she found that bringing Kane around with her wasn't exactly possible. Her work was too unknown. One day she could simply be delivering lost items to people, and another she could be putting down an assassins attack. And he truly didn't need to be involved in that. Varric told him too much violence for her own liking already.
These days, though, the Viscount had taken to calling on her specifically since he could see that she got results. The majority of the time it was about the Qunari that resided in the Docks district and never seemed to be able to leave. They were fierce creatures with an extremely rigid religion that lead their lives to the T. And then moment any of them chose to stray from it they were marked as traitors. Lisa didn't particularly agree with it, but she also wasn't one to tell them how they should live. Obviously enough of them agree with their way of life to continue following it.
Unfortunately, when they landed in Kirkwall three years ago they still claimed that they were waiting for their ship to come and rescue them. This fact didn't sit well with the Hawke. There was something that she didn't quite believe about their story. Par Vollen – their home – was not a three-year trip by sea, and apparently the Viscount agreed with her.