Solas gives the question due consideration, but it doesn't take much.
"Yes," He says simply, and then falls silent for a moment, searching for the way to begin, "But not at first. At first, I only sought a foothold in the nascent Inquisition. A path back to my Orb, and its power. What I thought of then as her infatuation was merely convenient."
He is quiet as well, but not for the sake of secrecy. She knows this part, as well as he does— it's only, he is ashamed. Stupidity does that to a man, when you look back on it after the fact.
"She is, however, utterly indomitable. As time went by... I became more invested. By the time I realized how distracted I had become, it was too late," Solas offers a shrug, one-shouldered and a little sheepish, "You had been right all along, and I could no longer deny it. She is real. They all are. And I was in love."
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"Yes," He says simply, and then falls silent for a moment, searching for the way to begin, "But not at first. At first, I only sought a foothold in the nascent Inquisition. A path back to my Orb, and its power. What I thought of then as her infatuation was merely convenient."
He is quiet as well, but not for the sake of secrecy. She knows this part, as well as he does— it's only, he is ashamed. Stupidity does that to a man, when you look back on it after the fact.
"She is, however, utterly indomitable. As time went by... I became more invested. By the time I realized how distracted I had become, it was too late," Solas offers a shrug, one-shouldered and a little sheepish, "You had been right all along, and I could no longer deny it. She is real. They all are. And I was in love."