[He hesitates. He has never been good at this, he knows. He was awful with Orana and it hasn't gotten much better; he never knows how to strike that perfect chord between sympathetic and allowing another person their own free will. Maybe there is no perfect chord; maybe that's why he always snarled whenever Hawke tried to find it.
Each word comes more slowly now, jotted down as Fenris tries to organize his thoughts.]
there are many things you could do in this world. you have lighter fingers than half the coterie, not to mention greater intelligence. and i would not see you sleep with others out of necessity for sheer lack of opportunity
[Ugh. That sounds so . . . clinical.]
i fight for money often. when there are no jobs to find and no one wants to hire an elvish mercenary, i go to the fighting pits and earn my supper. and i do not mind it, though i use skills i learned as a slave. but it is a choice i make freely, knowing there are other ways to make money.
but you need not put your own skills to work if you don't want to.
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[He hesitates. He has never been good at this, he knows. He was awful with Orana and it hasn't gotten much better; he never knows how to strike that perfect chord between sympathetic and allowing another person their own free will. Maybe there is no perfect chord; maybe that's why he always snarled whenever Hawke tried to find it.
Each word comes more slowly now, jotted down as Fenris tries to organize his thoughts.]
there are many things you could do in this world. you have lighter fingers than half the coterie, not to mention greater intelligence. and i would not see you sleep with others out of necessity for sheer lack of opportunity
[Ugh. That sounds so . . . clinical.]
i fight for money often. when there are no jobs to find and no one wants to hire an elvish mercenary, i go to the fighting pits and earn my supper. and i do not mind it, though i use skills i learned as a slave. but it is a choice i make freely, knowing there are other ways to make money.
but you need not put your own skills to work if you don't want to.
[Ugh.]