❰ in the time it took for aro to get away from the crowds of kirkwall, adalia has taken her hair out of its careful chignon and begun drawing a bath. it will take a while for the tub to fill, and longer after that to heat, so she's starting the process early. when aro returns, she picks the crystal up with a sigh. ❱

Aside from the sores on my tongue from constantly biting it, I'm well enough. I want to hear about yourself and Iessa, too, but first — I wanted you to know what the templars and the chantry are trying to get us to agree to. You can't tell anyone, though, alright? I don't know how much of this is supposed to be secret, but it certainly wouldn't make a lot of rifters happy, and without the more level heads around spreading any of this around could lead to more trouble than we need.