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Annie is on her trike on her way to school.
This van labeled HAZARDOUS MATERIALS is also on its way to school.
The van hits a patch of black ice. It goes spinning, it turns over, it slices itself open on a wrought-iron fence with spikes, and it disgorges boxes which smash open on the pavement. Some of them skitter clear into the slush.
Some of them - along with most of the van - land on Annie.
There is a whirl of bewildering pain and confusion -
- and she falls to the ground, injured and in more kinds of discomfort beyond that and moaning.
She slowly starts to heal before the eyes of her sole witness.
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"This afternoon at the latest, assuming I manage to get out of bed anytime in the next several hours, which isn't a guarantee."
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Kiss!
But she will let him go sometime in the next several hours. Eventually.
But she will let him go sometime in the next several hours. Eventually.
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And he will go off golem-suited and find a tailor and then grab some of his old clothes and armour and stand in front of the Assembly and publicly declare, with the support of both Bhelen and Pyral, that he never killed his brother and they're all idiots and he's back now and what would they like to do about it?
He phrases it more politely than that. The public reunion with Bhelen is very moving. By near-unanimous vote, they would like to reverse his exile and welcome him back to Orzammar.
But you always get that one asshole.
That one asshole says he doesn't believe this nonsense, and he looks on track to end up challenging Bhelen before Stalas interrupts him and redirects the conversation.
"Are you going to make me fight you over this?" he calls, to a sudden silence from the approximately two-thirds of the Assembly who have seen him fight. That one asshole isn't among them, and he doesn't take the hint. Steward Bandelor calls for order, glaring at both of them, and announces that an honour Proving will take place the following day to settle this dispute. Stalas agrees cheerfully. He returns to the palace, puts his golem suit back on - people are going to start catching on pretty shortly, he thinks, but it's still good for another couple of days - and goes back to Caridin's house to see how Annie's doing.
He phrases it more politely than that. The public reunion with Bhelen is very moving. By near-unanimous vote, they would like to reverse his exile and welcome him back to Orzammar.
But you always get that one asshole.
That one asshole says he doesn't believe this nonsense, and he looks on track to end up challenging Bhelen before Stalas interrupts him and redirects the conversation.
"Are you going to make me fight you over this?" he calls, to a sudden silence from the approximately two-thirds of the Assembly who have seen him fight. That one asshole isn't among them, and he doesn't take the hint. Steward Bandelor calls for order, glaring at both of them, and announces that an honour Proving will take place the following day to settle this dispute. Stalas agrees cheerfully. He returns to the palace, puts his golem suit back on - people are going to start catching on pretty shortly, he thinks, but it's still good for another couple of days - and goes back to Caridin's house to see how Annie's doing.
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Well, now Annie can be kissing Stalas.
"It went fine, I'm a prince again, one asshole wanted to take it to the arena anyway so I'll be fighting tomorrow."
"It went fine, I'm a prince again, one asshole wanted to take it to the arena anyway so I'll be fighting tomorrow."
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He laughs. "Yeah. Even before the Deep Roads, I was one of the best Proving fighters in the kingdom. Now? The only reason I'm not walking in there, picking up my opponent, and throwing him across the arena is because I want to demonstrate my respect for tradition more than I want to demonstrate that nobody should fuck with me."
