Val smiles, very suddenly, and reaches very suddenly between them so that he can tap Wysteria on the nose.
"Très très bien."
He leans away from her again and takes another sip of tea. This one nearly drains his cup by half, reducing its threat.
"It is always best in a project to make maximum use of the skills that one has at one's command. I am wasted; you are flourished. We will be a very good team, I think, despite what anyone might say of us. We will prove them wrong. And we will have the very last laugh when our project is complete, for nothing of its like will have been seen before in all of Thedas! You see," more conversationally, "this is where we would need the wine. For the toasting. Tea does not toast the same. Even you can see the sense in that, yes?"
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"Très très bien."
He leans away from her again and takes another sip of tea. This one nearly drains his cup by half, reducing its threat.
"It is always best in a project to make maximum use of the skills that one has at one's command. I am wasted; you are flourished. We will be a very good team, I think, despite what anyone might say of us. We will prove them wrong. And we will have the very last laugh when our project is complete, for nothing of its like will have been seen before in all of Thedas! You see," more conversationally, "this is where we would need the wine. For the toasting. Tea does not toast the same. Even you can see the sense in that, yes?"