contact part deux

[bouchonne]

if this were modern times byerly would probably make you listen to total eclipse of the heart before you were able to leave a message

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[cozen]

[ It's serious—and he has picked up on Byerly being genuinely bothered, and he won't be letting that go—but a quick, grinning interlude: ]

Maybe you should use very different voices. A hello, I am here to be a problem voice, [ Bastien says, with no attempt at a Fereldan accent but a purring sort of relish, ] and a hello, I am here to solve a problem voice, [ in a much milder and reasonable tone. ]

[bouchonne]

[ Ha. ]

And I could adopt a different name for each persona. Whyerly and Tryerly.

[cozen]

[ Bastien laughs and has to repeat that to himself, Whyerly and Tryerly, because it's so great. Two breaths to swallow the laugh back in, and he's more serious again. Not completely serious, still smiling and faintly tickled, but more. ]

Maybe it was because—they are afraid, you know. I would be afraid. And none of the people who think it is right for them to go into Circles were piping up to say so, and there you were, the non-magical outsider.

[bouchonne]

Maybe it was because they profit off the Rifters' fear.

[cozen]

[ A nod, with his head slanted thoughtfully. ]

Are you worried they will do more than talk?

[bouchonne]

Of course.

[ A shrug. ]

They proved before that they'll move to deeds easily enough. Why not now?

The best circumstance, so far as I'm concerned, would be if they stormed out in a fury tomorrow.

[cozen]

[ Bastien doesn't need to tell Byerly that magic is useful, when it's on their side, so he doesn't. ]

A lot of the rifters would go with them.

[bouchonne]

The same Rifters who would fight on their behalf.

[cozen]

If it comes to that. Until then they are fighting on ours. There has to be a reason for them, don't you think?

[bouchonne]

One would hope so. Because if there isn't a specific reason they're fighting with us, then there's nothing stopping them from working secretly on Corypheus' behalf.