"The tallest one," John says, because it doesn't really matter which cluster of Walrus men Billy's standing in. He'll be the tallest one.
But he senses the emotion behind that response. He wants it to be something more, for his own trust in Billy to be something reassuring, but it's a shorthand that doesn't quite catch. How little he has to offer her. That first, resounding defeat has made it very clear to John that it's necessary to bring more forces to crush their opposition, but it also means he can't ignore the danger he's leaving her to.
"What would you have me bring you back, aside from an army?"
A tease that's likely to go nowhere, but still attempted. Madi is committed to this war. Whatever trinket John could lift from a Kirkwall merchant wouldn't compare to the kind of force that could deliver a victory to them.
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But he senses the emotion behind that response. He wants it to be something more, for his own trust in Billy to be something reassuring, but it's a shorthand that doesn't quite catch. How little he has to offer her. That first, resounding defeat has made it very clear to John that it's necessary to bring more forces to crush their opposition, but it also means he can't ignore the danger he's leaving her to.
"What would you have me bring you back, aside from an army?"
A tease that's likely to go nowhere, but still attempted. Madi is committed to this war. Whatever trinket John could lift from a Kirkwall merchant wouldn't compare to the kind of force that could deliver a victory to them.