"Not the Fade. And I definitely don't miss everyone knowing who I am." Trembling optional. But she cracked a smile at his realization and inclined her head.
"No one knows of Tevinter here. People can just get to know you for you, instead of what you could represent." And of course there was a bit of personal experience bleeding through her words. She was meeting people and trying to make herself useful here. People called her by her name, not her titles. Even back in the clan, some just called her First. But she can just be Ellana here. That didn't mean this place was suddenly nice, or anything beyond a terrible frozen wasteland of mystery. It was simply interesting to meet people from beyond Thedas.
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"No one knows of Tevinter here. People can just get to know you for you, instead of what you could represent." And of course there was a bit of personal experience bleeding through her words. She was meeting people and trying to make herself useful here. People called her by her name, not her titles. Even back in the clan, some just called her First. But she can just be Ellana here. That didn't mean this place was suddenly nice, or anything beyond a terrible frozen wasteland of mystery. It was simply interesting to meet people from beyond Thedas.