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When my mother told me tales of magical creatures and monsters under the bed when I was a child I always thought they were just stories to teach me a lesson - you know, 'don't sleep under the bed with the dog, Marian, the monsters will get you'! I didn't think they were real, I thought she meant fleas.

[ She's lifting her shoulder, now, almost a shrug, even as she's grinning. Humour is her forte, her defence, and waking up in a place where she has to fight another war for people she barely knows, other than as a whole, as stereotypes. It's not that she minds fighting, of course, as that's what she does for a living, but she likes having a definite reason to fight. Someone was murdered, a child was kidnapped, mages were being tortured, elves enslaved - that sort of thing. She needs a little more than 'she's special'.

Because, in her mind, she isn't. ]

But here we are and here they are. We're here to help, right? ... Unless this has something to do with the looters in the Wounded Coast or that Qunari patrol, in which case... I didn't do it? Really, I promise it was an accident. Honest.

[ The little smile on her face is proof enough that it obviously wasn't an accident - but she continues, crossing her arms over her chest. Jokes and humour are all well and good, of course, but she does have a point. ]

If you've seen a dwarf without a beard, tell me. Or a scary glowing elf. Actually, if you see scary glowing anything you should definitely let me know. I'll take care of them.

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[ Oh, children. She's never been good with children, not ever. ]

Qunari. Like 'coo-nah-ree'. They're a race with morality based around their religion. Very interesting and very scary.

You don't seem scareda 'em, though. Are you scarier?

More than scarier. I killed their leader.

Y'don't look like it. Hnn.

Can I tell you a secret?

Looks can be deceiving.

[ But she grins. ]

I love secrets.

That's my secret. 'Cause both of us, we ain't look so bad, we look soft. 'cause you're a lady, huh? An' I'm a pup. [ Sorry, Marian. He's from old france ): ]

But the secret is I think we're bigger an' badder an' can be scarier than anyone else in the world 'cause people, they don't think 'bout what we can do. They just assume we can't.

People often underestimate women and children, wrongly so.

[ She grins, nodding her head. ]

Perhaps we should overcome their assumptions, hm?

[ Proudly: ] I'd help ya take down a hundred men! Easy. Let's do it!

Then we have an alliance. Marian Hawke, at your service.

M'name's Gavroche. If you need a jail break or a bitta pick pocketing, lemme know, huh?

If I get sent to jail I will most definitely call upon you.

Nnn! What was it like? Defeatin' an army like that, huh? Don't skimp on details! [ Dear God he's actually making himself comfortable, as if hearing a bedtime story. ]

[ Hawke pauses, watching him. She mass murder of the Qunari people upset her a little and she hated to be the one to do it. ]

It wasn't easy. There were quite a lot of them.