[Once upon a time, Hawke's stomach would have turned at the sight. But the thing is, when you spend a year with smugglers, and then subsequently end up having a number of gangs, criminals, Qunari, Carta, blood mages, slavers, demons, templars, and Wardens trying to kill you at some point or other, well... you wind up with a high body count. And after awhile, killing just becomes as straightforward as paying bills. Hawke's become horribly desensitized to it. It says nothing good, but that's not a problem to be tackled here and now.
Her fingers tighten, and the smell of burning skin fills her nostrils. Ugh.]
I'm well aware. She told me about that. And you know what? [The flames intensify, not entirely by her conscious doing.] You're still the bigger monster here. And you're going to die like one.
[His fingers scratch at her face, but she doesn't flinch, just moves her head out of the way. She could do the nice thing and just put him out of his misery, but eh. Let him suffer. Laura's victims suffered because of him. Laura suffered because of him. He gets to suffer now, too.
Giving the way the skin on his throat's bubbling and his screams becoming more panicked, it won't be much longer now anyway.]
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Her fingers tighten, and the smell of burning skin fills her nostrils. Ugh.]
I'm well aware. She told me about that. And you know what? [The flames intensify, not entirely by her conscious doing.] You're still the bigger monster here. And you're going to die like one.
[His fingers scratch at her face, but she doesn't flinch, just moves her head out of the way. She could do the nice thing and just put him out of his misery, but eh. Let him suffer. Laura's victims suffered because of him. Laura suffered because of him. He gets to suffer now, too.
Giving the way the skin on his throat's bubbling and his screams becoming more panicked, it won't be much longer now anyway.]