"Cassandra is…dead?"
"Well let's just say it's high possibility" Varric said, answering the red headed mage, renowned for aiding the famous Grey Warden in battle, Liliana.
She was tending to soldiers returning from the now ending battle gravely wounded. Casualties we're heavy and there seemed to be no end to the demons as the breach they were emerging from was still present. Now that she was greeted by Solace and Varric, who had departed with Cassandra earlier to try and find a stop to the portal, she was also greeted with only more bad news.
"It may sound hard to believe but we ran into a warrior on the way to the Breach and she singlehandedly fought all of us very effectively. The battle was stopped by an avalanche and it separated the warrior and Cassandra from the rest of us leaving her alone with the knight with no aid…we can only assume the worst considering we never even managed to touch her when it was 13 on 1." Solace explained.
"This Knight...she was human?" Liliana asked.
"It appeared so on the surface but she fought on a level that far surpassed one."
"Ok. Did she have a name? Has she sided with the demons?"
"No she's not on the demon's side. There's a whole field of demon guts she left behind for us to clean up. And if I remember correctly she told us to call her 'Saber.'" Varric answered.
Leliana brought her hand to her forehead and sighed in frustration. "So we lost Cassandra to a lone warrior who is apparently powerful enough to eliminate and entire army on her own when we're desperately losing our army to the breach."
"I know the situation is dire but I suggest we do all we can lest Cassandra's sacrifice be in vain." Solas reminded the others with a heavy heart.
"…Well we can't seal the Breach ourselves… and I doubt there's much we can do about Saber. However I will not leave the battlefield assuming our comrade is dead without seeing a body. The three of us will return to where you two last saw her and we'll see for certain ourselves."
Leliana turned around and began walking to her quarters to gather supplies for the trip when Solas and Varric both glanced at one another before quickly walking up to her pace and getting more details on the plan she had just hatched.
"Now hold on. I have no problem with seeing if the Seeker is alright but what are the three of us gonna go if we run into Saber again on the way there?!" Varric said.
"From what you two have told me I don't think we ought to try to fight her head on. We don't have the type of fire power to defeat someone like that and this battle has been waged far too long for our forces to be in any good condition. We'll simply ward her off long enough with a little strategy and retrieve whatever we can find before retreating."
Solas placed a hand on Leliana's shoulder. "Ma'am I understand you do not want to risk any more casualties but I fear that we may never escape a foe of that caliber with only the three of us. Might I suggest we at least take 5 mages along with us? I believe I know of a way we can hold her off and I can nearly guarantee it will work."
Leliana stared at Solas for a few moments before nodding. "Fine. I leave them in your care. But you will accept the responsibilities of any of their deaths."
"I am fully prepared to uphold the consequences."
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"This is it?"
"Yes that's the one. Follow the instructions I gave to you."
"Alright…" Saber responded as she raised her hand and the mark on her palm began to glow brightly. Saber and Cassandra had emerged from the cave after Cassandra suggested they find a rift of which demons were also emerging from which happened to be not very far from them. The Seeker explained Saber that there should be a way for her seal the Breach with a mark such as Saber's and that if Saber could seal the rift then the breach could be sealed as well. Cassandra remembered speaking to Solas briefly about ways to deal with the Breach before and how to possibly get rid of it, but unfortunately she wasn't good at reciting the information.
Saber kept her hand raised for nearly 3 minutes and nothing was really changing about the small rift they were attempting to close.
"You clearly aren't doing it right…" Cassandra said, shaking her head.
"With all do respect…Seeker…I am following your instructions as closely as possible." Saber responded calmly.
"If you were following my instructions close enough the rift would be dealt with by now."
"Well correct me if I'm wrong but I doubt that this is something that happens regularly in your world. Maybe we both just lack the experience to-"
"I TOLD you everything you need to know. That mage you were trying to hack into pieces earlier told me exactly what procedure to follow in order to do this!"
Saber turned her head to look at Cassandra while still trying to seal the portal. "I am very sorry for the way I behaved earlier. It was the mark on my hand that made me-"
"Yes yes I know already you don't have to tell me twice. Ever since you got that mark you apparently get the uncontrollable urge to rape others. Something I would have never found myself believing ordinarily but I know that if you actually wanted me dead while we were fighting and it wasn't the mark that made you that way...you could have killed me several times over."
Cassandra looked down at herself and was reminded that she was no wearing Saber's attire of armor now since Saber ruined her original suit of armor. She suggested they switch armor sets in order make up for it but Cassandra wasn't taking much of a liking to the long skirt that came with the armor, fearing it would only slow her down in combat. Also it didn't necessarily feel right seeing Saber…in her old armor which was still stained and torn through the middle revealing nearly everything on her torso.
Cassandra then noticed Saber was blushing slightly while looking at her.
"What's the matter with you? Is the cold getting to you or what?"
"N-no I'm just still…sensitive about this topic. I've never had to restrain myself from these types of impulses before." She gripped her free hand and a look of pure determination filled her eyes."Cassandra I promise I won't let myself succumb to this urge again. You won't be forced to go through such humiliation anymore."
Cassandra appreciated the gesture but she could feel her heart sink a bit as Saber said that. As much as it disgusted her to admit about herself, there was a connection she felt with the mysterious swordsman that made that incident Cassandra experienced more than just a sexual assault. Saber felt the same in vise versa although she was convinced she had utterly disgraced a warrior's honor. Saber made a vow to herself to do all she could to prevent it from happening again.
"Saber…" Cassandra called out, now feeling her face grow in heat as she prepared to say something she knew she may immediately regret.
"Yes Seeker?" Seeing Cassandra's face slowly turn red with each second.
"You know…when you get the urge to do…you know what….you don't…" Cassandra trailed off.
"…Yes? What is it?"
"You….You close the rift portal Saber!"
"I did?" She turned and looked to see that there was nothing left of the rift, her mark returned to it's original state as well. "I'm not sure how I did it but the deed is done."
"We'll just have to worry about that later. Let's head to the source of all our troubles and attempt to seal the breach to end this."
"It would be rash to rush to the breach Seeker. You described it to be much larger and unstable than the rift we found here."
The Seeker folded her arms. "Before I came up this damn mountain our troops were already being overrun by the demons from the breach. Now that we've wasted so much time here we have a choice anymore. If we don't stop that thing now we might as well kiss this place goodbye."
Saber had forgotten about that. Cassandra was indeed a commanding officer that was separated from her group all because Saber lost control of herself. She began to feel like her guilt would never come to an end until she finally made up for what she had done.
"Seeker, I have a suggestion. Why not meet with your comrades back at your home camp before they send a search party for you? I will remain here and pursue the Breach on my own."
"Negative. If anyone else on our side sees you without me next to you they'll likely attack on sight or attempt to capture you for questioning."
The blonde Knight smiled. "I was able to safely knock out your squadron during our battle. If I'm discovered by the handful of guards left in the battlefield then I'll just do the same to them."
"You won't prove anything by doing this alone. You don't even know this land like I do." Cassandra detested
"If you stop them from searching for you then you can stop anyone else you may care about from putting themselves in danger by climbing back up here and You've seen my abilities first hand yourself. You know I can handle this."
Of course Cassandra had an idea of how strong Saber was after being one to walk through the horrific remains of the earlier waves of demons. But she didn't know exactly how the mark on her the foreign knight's hand would react to such an intense rift portal. As much as the Seeker may hate to admit it, she really didn't know alot about dealing with an anomaly such as this and what she taught to Saber may not be sufficient enough to properly deal with it. Either way time was running short and Cassandra was growing more desperate with each passing minute. Losing anymore soldiers to the endless waves of demons was unacceptable to her. She hoped this would be one of the last times a mission would be so severely derailed.
Cassandra began to scowl at Saber out of disgust for feeling so helpless, but she had no time for remorse. "I'll find my own path back down the mountain. Just use the path we discussed earlier to find the breach. You're out last chance to do NOT fail." She ordered.
Saber simply nodded and then bounded off into the distance. Cassandra began making her way down a very steep mountain in a heavily armored long skirt as cautiously as possible, cursing at Saber's idea of protection.
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Meanwhile Leliana, Solas and Varric lead their small brigade of mages up the mountain themselves as they encountered and increasingly high amount of enemies on their path. After effectively disposing of another band of demons the heroes pressed on further towards the peak.
"Gee...Who knew heading directly towards the Breach would be so hard?" Varric stated sarcastically.
"If we run into Saber near demons she won't be able to focus on us. We may need to escape while they distract her." Solace explained.
"It wouldn't hurt to pick up the pace though…" Leliana added.
It was a bit nerve-racking having to climb such a steep mountain towards demon soldiers to escape an even more dangerous threat. If they rushed themselves it would be easy to misstep and tumble into a near death situation alone. If they are too slow of course they would risk running into the blond super soldier that would leave them in even worse conditions if not blatantly killing them. The 3 heroes and even the mages are not estranged to situations that could cost them their lives in a mere instant but this experience was still a bit of a new one. It's not easy avoiding one warrior strong enough to fell an army on her own.
Now they all have to keep their eyes peeled for a lone figure approaching from the distance. It would be more comforting to know when battle approaches on the accord of a large mob of soldiers marching in their direction rather than looking at something across the horizon that may very well just be a sign or one of their own men once they come close enough to see what it is. The battle that took place before Saber arrived was nearly finished already, now there was hardly anything left but more corpses and the eerie feeling that they were being watched. There was hardly any conversing between them, being on edge from the tension.
But despite the ever so dreadful stress, the heroes found their way to the peak and now walked towards the Breach, towering in a distinctive bright emerald light surrounded by the ruins of the castle that were likely gravely damaged from it.
"There, we're here. Now all we have to do take the path over yonder and find Cassandra." Leliana reminded the others, pointing to a staircase still intact, leading to a second floor of the ruins that eventually lead to another path of snow heading out wards from the castle remains.
"Hold." Solas extended his arm to block Leliana from continuing as the Breach began to violently shake the ground as it expanded to release more horrific creatures. The portal now was responsible for unleashing 3 trolls from the fade. All eager to attack their collective prey.
"Oh hey! Just the way I like it! Against odds that keep getting worse and worse! You know this would still make for a hell of a story…if we still come out on top that is." Varric mused
The troll all lashed out at the heroes them all to scatter along with the mages they brought along. Scrambling to find enough distance to attack without being crushed. Leliana nimbly dodged a ferocious attack from one of the trolls and made her way up the stair case where she still had a visual on her target. She grabbed her bow and immediately pierced the monster's eye with one of her arrows. The beast staggered back and howled in pain as she loaded the monster with more arrows in hits joint areas to restrict it's movements.
"We can handle this but it will take too long if we're to hope to save Cassandra!" Leliana yelled. Everyone else was uncertain on what to expect to find left of the lost Seeker. But they were all content with absolutely making sure whether or not she survived especially now that they had come this far.
Solas lead his nearby mages to bombard the other two trolls with large inferno based blasts. When the large demonic attempted to approach them Solas quickly broughT up a large wall of ice to seal them off. They now had to break down the wall while they were still being singed by the lasting flames breathing on their backs.
"May I suggest we merely injure them so we can escape safely and rush to Cassandra's aid?" Solas hollered back to Leliana. However before she could respond the first troll she was combating managed to collapse the ground underneath her, causing her to plummet to the first floor along with large amounts of debris. While Leliana was vulnerable to attack, Varric quickly got the first troll's attention by pelleting him with a barrage of arrows from his crossbow.
The first troll turned around and slowly stomped towards the dwarf only to be slowed even further by the explosions several elemental mines Varric had set up in advance.
"Well that sure sounds good to me!" Varric said, replying for Leliana as she recovered. The dwarven bard then proceeded to fire an explosive arrow at a damaged wall nearby the troll he was targeting to cause it to fall on top of the now thoroughly disoriented beast. "Varric! Look out!" Solace warned.
Varric could now see the second troll took an interest to him and switched from attempting to break Solas' defenses to attacking a much more reachable opponent. Varric quickly reaches into one of his pockets and throws down a smoke bomb leaving him undetectable to the two Trolls. The third still pounded away at the ice wall now beginning to break it down. The other mages rained down several magical blasts of energy on the troll but that wasn't stopping it from assaulting Solas.
Leliana struggled to get back to her feet until a familiar hand reached out to he and picked her up.
"Huh…? Cassandra! Thank the heavens you're alright!" Warrior made sure Leliana was ok before rushing off into the fray without speaking a word.
"The Seeker is back? That makes our job alot easier." Varric was relieved to say. He was still keeping his distance from the troll as he used all the tricks he had up his sleeve to keep the beasts at bay. As he did so he witnessed Cassandra cleave on of the beasts in half with one decisive slash. Varric was even more shocked as she turned to blast an enormous amount of magic energy, scorching the troll attacking Solas to death.
"Such a powerful spell…" Solas muttered to himself in awe.
The final troll attempted to punch the Seeker but the seeker evaded it, leaving it's fist lodged in the floor. She seized the opportunity to run up it's arm and slice it's head clean off when she reached it's shoulder. The body of the monster stumbled backward and fell to the ground after Cassandra hopped off the shoulder.
"Well that was a little too easy…" Leliana stated. Now that the battlefield had settled she jogged over to check on Solas to see he was checking on the health of the other mages.
"I see you haven't taken any major damage Solas" She said.
"No, thanks to those trolls being delt with so quickly." Solas said
Varric meet up with the other two, waving away any leftover smoke around him. "Yeah…didn't know the Seeker had it in her."
"Wait? You mean Cassandra? She didn't possess that type of power when we fought Saber." Solas said.
"Well that had to be Cassandra. My vision may have been a bit shaky from falling through the floor but no one mistake her armor for someone else's here." Leliana said as she laughed a bit to herself.
They all soon turned to look back at who they thought was their old comrade but it turns out it wasn't exactly who they thought it was. Although it was in bad shape it was the same set of armor that would belong to a Seeker but the hair and eye color of the warrior were nearly polar opposites from Cassandra's. Even the great sword she was wielding was different from the Seeker's original choice of a short sword and shield. As the warrior walked towards the heroes their faces changed from a confused to shocked expressions at the realization they were fighting alongside their primary enemy the whole time.
"Yeah…she was a little too graceful and pretty to be our old Seeker." Varric said pulling back out his crossbow.
Saber was now face to face with them, seeing that they clearly expected a fight. She couldn't think of anything to say that would put them at ease so she decided to only speak of her intentions and hope that it would put an end to their misunderstanding.
"I'm not here to harm you…I just want to close the Breach so that you may be rid of it…and explain my actions earlier after causing you so much trouble." She said.
"What did you do with Cassandra and why are you wearing her armor?" Leliana asked preparing herself for any sudden attacks.
Saber's heart sunk. What could she possibly say that they would even consider believing? Saber was struggling to come up with something to say until Leliana spoke up again.
"I'd like an explanation as to what Leliana asked as well but first things first. We won't be having a very pleasant talk if we leave that breach open and that mark on your hand can indeed close it…if you want to act as though you actually aren't are enemy, closing it would be a good start." He said.
"Yes, of course." Saber said as she walked towards the breach and began the same procedure Cassandra taught her to close the Breach earlier and even though it was taking longer than Solas expected it was evident that it was still nearly done. As Breach was closed however, Saber yanked her hand away in pain.
"What's wrong?" Solas asked as he kept his distance from her.
Saber didn't respond. She only turned to glare intensively at Leliana which was all too familiar to Solas and Varric.
"Uuuuhhh there's that look again. Solas if you've got some sort of plan I think it's now's the Time for it..." The bard suggested.
"Right. Everyone!" Solas shouted towards the other mages.
"We're ready sir!" One of them responded. And as Saber was still reacting to the mark, Solas and the mages all began casting an ice spell at once on the blonde knight. The ice accumulated incredibly fast and before she was able to do anything else she was completely frozen. And with the constant casting of the ice spell she was unable to break through the ice. For the time being she was at the mercy of Solas.
"It won't last very long when we stop casting the spell but we should all be able to escape if we hurry as soon as we stop" Solas said.
"Hold it…" Varric said. "We can't just…leave her here. Surely we'll just run into her again and then history will probably just repeat itself you know?
"What do you have in mind?" The elven mage asked.
"Well instead of Just 'slowing her down' I say we do a little experimenting and see how long it takes her to come back from us tossing her into the Breach."
"An outsider like herself who seems to have no knowledge of our lands trapped within the fade? She may never see the true light of day again..." Solas added.
Leliana looked at the two of them for a moment. Saber was clearly powerful but something didn't sit right with them throwing her into a realm she would have little chance of escaping on her own. For what it's worth it seemed she was trying her best to be helpful to them only until the mark began resonating and changing her demeanor.
"Maybe that's a bit too far. We'd practically be taking her life if we did that." Leliana said with an unsure tone in her voice.
"Don't tell me you have sympathy for her all of a sudden. She's attacked us before and she was going to do it again if it wasn't for Solas. She's real good at looking innocent and gaining trust but when she's ready to kill she does it without hesitation. That's why she's too dangerous for us to just…leave her here" Varric now turned to make eye contact with Leliana. "And you can say it's just a hunch but...justing from the condition of that armor…i think we can make a good guess on what Saber did to Cassandra." He said pointing to the huge gash going through the torso of the armor Saber was wearing.
Leliana slowly turned to Solas who was still focusing on casting the ice spell alongside the other mages. "What do you think Solas?"
"I think…this is a woman we know very little about. But all we do know is that she's a unstable person with an amount of power that shouldn't be trusted to mere men. Ordinarily I would just leave a person like this as I escaped but she…is far too strong. Varric is bringing a point to our attention that it would be irresponsible to leave and let someone who could level entire kingdoms singlehandedly without doing something about her. I say…it may be best to do as he says."
Leliana looked into the eyes of Saber, now frozen in the glare she was making before. Although it was likely she killed Cassandra…the archer knew it would be torture to slowly wither away and die in such a place. But the others made a very strong point. It was also a strong possibility that if they didn't act now, they would hear about her again, killing innocent people much more valuable than the demons here.
"Fine…toss her in. We'll find a way to close the Breach ourselves another day." She said.
The others nodded. The idea of it wasn't hard to accept. Sacrifice one life to save the lives of many. They could all agree that deep down she had good intentions but ultimately…she just seemed too corrupted and dangerous to live in the world. Varric and Leliana positioned themselves to lift the still dormant Saber after the mages stopped casting their spell. However...
"Halt!" The heroes and mages we're alarmed by a familiar loud and stern voice that they wouldn't forget for quite some time. The true Cassandra had caught up and made her way to everyone else uncomfortably climbing down in the now snow covered skirt she was wearing. And as soon as she reunited with the others she was prepared to do all the explaining she needed...
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"You're kidding…it was all just the brand making her act that way?" The bard asked, looking amused by the story the Seeker told.
"Yes that's true. We don't know how it surfaced but she is a respectable warrior when she's in control of her actions." Cassandra said.
"And she's from another world…? Not like…a different planet but some alternative dimension?" Leliana asked. Puzzled by some of the background Cassandra provided on the foreign knight.
"Yes, that's why she knows nothing of Thedes or any of the land within it."
"Well then I suppose that explains why she didn't outright kill any of our men the first time we fought, she was resisting the control of the brand. I suppose I may have grown a bit hasty in my judgement of her." Solas added. "Still…it looks as though she did quite a number on your armor after you were separated from the group but I hardly see any scratches or cuts on you. What exactly happened in there?"
Cassandra couldn't stop herself from madly blushing at the question. What took place in the cave was a secret she was ready to keep to her grave.
"YOU MIND YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS!" she shouted at the top of her voice. Making sure no one else wouldn't dare even think about asking again. The one thing Cassandra didn't speak of was the sexual libido Saber was battling with internally. She knew that would be the topic of conversation she was just putting it off until she wasn't having such a long day.
"Speaking of which, it looks like she's down thawing out." Leliana pointed out. Yet everyone felt a chill go down their spine as they saw the look in her eyes go feral and her breathing gone heavy and ragged.
"You did say…she's on our side right Seeker…?" Varric asked.
Cassandra noticed she was staring down Leliana the same way Saber looked at her in the cave. She instantly know what was probably going to happen. And figured it was still not the best time to tell the 100% truth on what was about to take place.
"Uh Solas…Varric, the mages and I will leave…you should stay here and calm her down Leliana. Trust me." Cassandra gathered everyone and was trying to hurry everyone away from the area.
"Hey Cassandra what are you doing? We don't have to leave like this in such a hurry." Varric complained until he noticed Saber was on top of Leliana all of a sudden. "Hey wait what's going on?! They…they aren't fighting but she's ripping…off Leliana's clothes…"
Solas was now looking back as he was being pulled away from the spectacle as well. "With all do respect Cassandra, Shouldn't we be helping her? It seems wrong to leave her like this…"
Varric grew increasingly shocked at what he was seeing. "What on Earth is Saber doing to her…what in the world is that thing growing from between her legs?!"
"Th-thats enough questions out of the both of you! Everything will be fine! We're going back to camp since the Breach is taken care of. When those two are done they'll just meet up with us."
Solas and Varric knew better than to argue with Cassandra when she was barking orders so it was best not to question it. They only hoped Leliana would still be alright when they met again.
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"Forgive me…I can't contain myself any longer. Saber whispered into Leliana's ear. After Saber removed her armor the foreign knight removed all of her clothing, now as bare as her victim.
"What is the meaning of this?! What's gotten into you?!" Leliana detested, but there was no escape. She was being held down on her stomach as she felt Saber press her manhood against her back making her shiver from fear of losing her virginity in such an unexpected way.
"It's dangerous to have be without any clothing in this type of weather. I suggest you try to stay as close to me as possible…" Saber said as she licked the back of of the archer's neck.
Leliana was at a loss for words now. All she could do was just accept what was coming to her.
Suddenly Saber inserted her cock into Leliana's ass and began thrusting. Leliana trembled from the length and power of Saber. Nervous as she was however, Leliana could feel the intense pleasure and heat from Saber's. As Saber pounded Leliana's ass she knew it was a luxury she would need to survive the harsh cold.
After a while when Saber let her guard down and loosened her grip on the archer, she soon found herself being pushed down by Leliana herself and positioned herself in a cowgirl position over Saber's cock. Leliana started bouncing her hips on top of her dick as quickly as possible. All the pleasure rushed through her body like a current, Leliana could barely keep her eyes open from it.
Saber felt her lust growing further and she began thrusting her hips into Leliana while grabbing her his and pulling her down harder on her cock all at once. She knew if she didn't cum soon she would go insane. The blistering cold was hardly a concern for the either of them now. All the two of them sought now was satisfaction.
Leliana then proceeded to lean over and press her breasts against Saber's as the two of them continued to thrust their hips into one another. Leliana felt so overwhelmed by the sensations her breasts actually began to lactate a bit of milk from her nipples and lathered Saber's breasts in the fluid as they pressed and melded together.
Saber moaned and swapped positions with Leliana, seeking a more dominant position to maximize productivity. Saber thrusted harder into Leliana, not faster but longer. Saber slowly mashed her rod into Leliana's pussy with exaggerated thrusts, starting off soft but ending in hard motions. Saber then began licking the milk that was leaking from Leliana's left breast while she messaged the right one.
Leliana was completely immobilized now. She was completely willing to accept everything from saber. There was no way anyone else could make her feel the way Saber was making her feel now. She would be content with it happening to her all day, it didn't matter to her anymore.
"I'm getting close…" Saber said, her voice was shakey. As soon as she opened her mouth she had to stop herself from moaning to get any words out of her mouth. Leliana wrapped her legs around Saber's back as a sign that she was welcoming her seed. Later on Leliana guided Saber's head to her lips and kissed her with Saber still having some of the milk left over in her mouth. Leliana never felt so close to another human being. And she made a mental note to never lose such a connection such as this.
Saber finally began to erupt within Leliana and overflow her pussy completely with her cum. Saber inserted her final thrusts then quickly stood up to begin jerking her cock and shoot leftover cum onto Leliana's body. The archer slowly rose to her knees and looked up at Saber who was panting with her still erect cock in her hand dripping more of her cloudy while liquid onto the stone floor. Leliana kissed the tip of Saber's cock before licking it and made Saber ejaculate even more strands of cum onto Leliana's face.
There was a moment of silence between the two. They used the nearby snow to wipe off any leftover fluids remaining on their body before putting their armor back on. Both of their armor were in very poor condition of course, at this point it hardly protected them from the cold as they were both still fairly uncovered with it on. Although they could both handle the cold being the seasoned fighters they both were…they decided to walk back to home camp while remaining in close contact with one another…to stay warm of course. It was a long walk back home after all.
"Saber…?"
"Yes…?"
"That was my first time…"
"…My apologies. You see i couldn't control myself because of the-"
"The mark on your hand I know. It's fine. Just…promise me…we'll do this again sometime."
Saber looked surprised at her request. But nodded to Leliana.
"After all…why should Cassandra have all the fun to herself?"