!!! That voice is really familiar! Anya does Not bounce.

Tabs tries very hard not to snort. After all, she's going to be just as bouncy upon seeing Anders.

"I'm not a child, Carver."

"I'm aware, Merrill, but you've been living here a few months, and you've already managed to somehow get lost in the Viscount's gardens. You've got the opposite of a compass." 

Carver straightens at seeing the two women with Merrill, and frowns. "Who're they?"

"Hey. I'm Anya, this is Tabs. We kinda just got to Kirkwall and showed up at Merrill's door. She invited us to hang out with her friends. Which I assume includes you?"

"They showed up at your door and you just let them in?" Carver rubs his temple. "Are you trying to give me a heart attack?"

"I can make those kind of decisions myself, Carver," Merrill says, sounding irritated.

"And if they'd been Templars? What then?"

Tabs gestures to her face. "Ostensibly not."

"Okay, yeah, it does seem kinda suspicious. But I promise that we are definitely not Templars. Just travellers that came a long way and Merrill is a friend of a friend of a friend. Of Tabs' clan. Obviously."

"Yeah, that reassures me," Carver drawls, looking at both Anya and Tabs with deep suspicion.

"Ugh. Ignore him. He's being completely overbearing." 

Merrill leads the way, muttering 'worse than the Keeper.'

Carver shoots them a look, and then jogs to catch up with Merrill.

Tabs starts laughing.

Anya nudges her shoulder and pulls her along after them. "Shut up."

"Oh my god, he's a puppy. He thinks he's a big scary mabari but he's a puppy. He's only 19 right now, isn't he?"

Okay, now she's blushing. "Please stop ruining this for me. You are the worstttt."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's just- you don't really get to see in game how he interacts with the others without Hawke around. He's caring, in a really abrasive way. It's so cute."

"It's adorable. He's adorable. Also, jesus, he's hot."

"Back muscles," Tabs agrees.

"Yup." Anya tries to avoid staring or admiring, because that would totally be creepy and she is Not Creepy. She promises. "Why is everyone so hot. This is a crime."

"Global warming." Tabs grins. "And I'm only teasing to get in some headway before I lay my eyes on Anders because oh my god, I am going to become monosyllabic."

"You can be stoic. It'll be mysterious."

"Stoic. Yeah, I can do stoic. It involves not talking, yeah? Not flailing? Totally things I have the capability to do."

Anya takes her hand. "You can. I promise. It's very much something you can do. I've seen it! Especially with me there to help."