I mean - Not much, just at the moment. That I know about. I'm not in their inner circle or anything. But - why d'you think I went to Tevinter with Benedict?
[There are a series of questions which require asking, which he almost does only to repeatedly stop himself. In person, it would be notable. Over the crystal, it just sounds like an infuriated moment of simply weighing what's already there. Finally, clipped and sharpened:]
What Eshal likely intended to discuss was a plan to foment rebellion among the lower mages and soporati of Tevinter alongside or in support of a slave rebellion. But if you have no opinion on the matter and no insight as to what your contacts might require, then by all means. Exclude yourself from the conversation.
You think I ask too much of you? Then the next time you speak with your friends in Tevinter, it can be to explain how you threw them away on behalf of your pride.
Got nothing to do with pride. I think she hasn't got a shot at actually accomplishing that. And I'm not letting her throw away their lives, 'cause even if she did have a shot, she'd probably let them die before the free folk. Honestly - be honest with me - you trust her?
Not trusting her with what she knows and is willing to do gets me nothing. If what I want is to proceed, then I have no choice but to believe that we can make the people here - whether they're mages or Lady de la Fontaine or some Qunari woman who has every reason to favor slaves of Tevinter opposed to the free men who fought her people in Seheron - see reason.
What can you possibly hope to accomplish for this resistence on your own?
There's a cost to trusting the wrong people, Captain Flint. There are people who see a movement like this, and they see something that can be exploited for their aims. Something that can enrich them, or something that can - Yeah. That can help them get revenge against Tevinter. They don't care about the people - the people can go and die, for all they care - they just care about the expediency of having a force to fight on their behalf so that they can win the battles they want to. I mean, you know that better than anyone, don't you?
[Kids these days I swear to fucking god the maker]
There is going to be a fight in Tevinter. That is inevitable whether you or I or Eshal Fazon do anything at all; the Divine and her Exalted March will see to it. You have some opportunity now to influence its shape in favor of the people who you would see benefit most from it before she gets that far. Do you really think a woman who ran from the Qun is less likely to respect people who desire freedom than one elected to simply rename the chains Tevinter is shackled with?
I'm going to be influencing the fight regardless. It's not a fight between her and him. It's a fight between me and him. And I learned my lesson that it's better to fight alone than with someone unworthy.
Captain Flint, do you actually not understand any of my other complaints? You're far cleverer than that. Don't play stupid like I'm so dull that playing stupid will be enough to make me rethink my position.
I don't care what your complaints are. I don't care what your position is. [It’s bluntly stated, abruptly clipped of his earlier irritation.]
What I care about is seeing the war, once it reaches Tevinter, empowering people who have long been without it. You can either contribute to that, or you can continue to be convinced that there are monsters waiting for you in every shadow.
[This is nonsense and she is, he recognizes for perhaps the first time, little more than a child.]
Give me the names of your contacts and the methods with which you communicate. If you refuse to provide them, I will discuss this with the Scoutmaster and Lady de la Fontaine directly.
If you wouldn't trust her to save Nascere - if you don't think her your equal in that quest - then how dare you ask me to trust her to see to the liberation of the slaves? Your little bit of land - d'you think that's worth more than them?
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[ because she doesn't trust you not to be an EXPLOITER, flint ]
And it was to see her freed. But he asked me 'cause of the people I knew.
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What Eshal likely intended to discuss was a plan to foment rebellion among the lower mages and soporati of Tevinter alongside or in support of a slave rebellion. But if you have no opinion on the matter and no insight as to what your contacts might require, then by all means. Exclude yourself from the conversation.
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Of course I've got insight. And opinions.
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What can you possibly hope to accomplish for this resistence on your own?
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[ She shakes her head. ]
There's a cost to trusting the wrong people, Captain Flint. There are people who see a movement like this, and they see something that can be exploited for their aims. Something that can enrich them, or something that can - Yeah. That can help them get revenge against Tevinter. They don't care about the people - the people can go and die, for all they care - they just care about the expediency of having a force to fight on their behalf so that they can win the battles they want to. I mean, you know that better than anyone, don't you?
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fucking godthe maker]There is going to be a fight in Tevinter. That is inevitable whether you or I or Eshal Fazon do anything at all; the Divine and her Exalted March will see to it. You have some opportunity now to influence its shape in favor of the people who you would see benefit most from it before she gets that far. Do you really think a woman who ran from the Qun is less likely to respect people who desire freedom than one elected to simply rename the chains Tevinter is shackled with?
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What I care about is seeing the war, once it reaches Tevinter, empowering people who have long been without it. You can either contribute to that, or you can continue to be convinced that there are monsters waiting for you in every shadow.
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[ But - Fine. She blows a breath out through her nose, and says: ]
Give Eshal co-command of your fleet.
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[You know. Theoretically.]
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Go in front of everyone from Nascere and declare to them that she's the hope for rescuing your home. Give her true command of your ships.
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Give me the names of your contacts and the methods with which you communicate. If you refuse to provide them, I will discuss this with the Scoutmaster and Lady de la Fontaine directly.
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If you wouldn't trust her to save Nascere - if you don't think her your equal in that quest - then how dare you ask me to trust her to see to the liberation of the slaves? Your little bit of land - d'you think that's worth more than them?
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[Which is the end of this conversation.]