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[lionheartedman]

Fade Rift
sending crystal spelled to: Commander Cullen Rutherford
physical correspondence

The Ton
@ Cullen.Rutherford

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Jim's getting his steps in

[elegiaque]

I feel quite unequal to the praise, but I'm glad to know that it means something to someone besides myself. Morrigan proposed the work, originally - I suppose I want to make her proud of me.

G.V.

Jim is going to go down a dress size

[lionheartedman]

There are plenty of people who are proud of you. I hope you're able to be proud of yourself from time to time.

C. Rutherford

Jim's gonna be Thedas' first fitness blogger

[elegiaque]

( even in a letter, where cullen can't see the thing her face did or how she crumpled his note up and threw it away - and then flung herself across the room to find it again and painstakingly smooth it out, tuck it between the pages of a book she judges least likely to be picked up casually by a visitor to her rooms - these aren't words she feels equal to answering. not today, at least.

but jim doesn't return empty-handed; gwenaëlle sends him back with a soft piece of fabric that someone (gwenaëlle) has taken the time to painstakingly embroider the inquisition's sigil onto, wrapped around a small box containing pen and ink pot set of a higher quality than the one she saw on his desk the last time she visited.

the ink pot has been opened, and the pen dipped; she hadn't planned on giving gifts. still, it's mostly unused. )

Jim is going to have to have his armour taken in if they keep writing each other

[lionheartedman]

[Cullen doesn't have a gift to send back, and he's not the kind of person who gives things that aren't personal. Gwen's gift may not be intended, but it's thoughtful. So Cullen takes the ink pot from his desk and seals is up, places it on an out of the way shelf. It's not a bad one. He'll either be able to use the ink when the new pot runs out, or he'll find someone who needs it. The current pen also gets put away in favour of the new one. It's a finer tip than he's used to, but it's beautifully made.

He smiles, and sends Jim off.

At some point the next morning, while getting Puppy his exercise, he slips a piece of parchment under Gwen's door. A simple line drawing made with his new pen. Thanks.]

Jim can take a break.

[elegiaque]

( there's no response, but Jim does eventually hear servant's gossip about one of the Orlesian ladies requesting a frame for a picture of a mabari, of all things. going native? )