#I also came up with a pretty Kyana-accurate premise of giving him the gloves. but I need to finish Broken Circle first

[herearedragons]

...and the final character moment from this relatively short sequence of in-game events is finally meeting Zevran.

Honestly, I thought I'd have to jump through more logical hoops to explain why and how he and Kyana get along, but now I've heard his dialogue again, and from the very first moment he's saying things that make perfect sense to her.

The way Kyana's brain works is that she has a hard time relating to other people, unless she can draw a direct comparison between their experience and her own. And Zevran's situation, to her, is not that different from that time she was surrounded by templars and Irving told her that her only chance to survive is to go with Duncan. She trusts him not to turn on her, because that would be as absurd as her turning on the Warden who saved her. Sure, as far as she knows, the Crows don't have phylacteries, but it doesn't mean they don't have other means of tracking people down.

I initially planned for Leliana to influence Kyana's decision to keep Zevran, but in the end that didn't even need to happen. Everything about Zevran's words and actions makes perfect sense to her; he's doing what Kyana herself would probably do in a similar situation.

And this won't be the last time she relates his experiences with the Crows to her own with the Circle (which, for sure, included less murder on Kyana's part, but being locked into a path from a very young age, having to meet criteria to survive and competing with one's peers are all things she knows well).

#herearedragons meta #oc: kyana amell #she didn't really feel the confinement while she was in the Circle #that was just normal life to her and she got very comfortable playing the game of being A Good Mage #but she's been outside for a while now #and I think it's also this thing where Zevran is putting into words thoughts she didn't even realize she had #I also came up with a pretty Kyana-accurate premise of giving him the gloves. but I need to finish Broken Circle first #this is me showing remarkable restraint and not giving out the 500 gifts I already have hoarded in my inventory #because Kyana would Not do that (yet) #sure I’ll tag this as zevkya