The Bull tenses up but lets Dorian do his thing, holding himself still. A little more pain at this point isn't really a drop in the bucket.
"I don't know," he says, watching Dorian's hands. Getting healed by magic isn't something he's a huge fan of either, even though sometimes he couldn't fight the way he does without it. That's not a discomfort he thinks too hard about, these days. Not since the earlier days in Orlais with the Bleeders. Some things you just have to get used to. Maybe it's the topic that's making him more aware of it now, making him try harder to sort it all out and put it into words.
"Vivienne just doesn't like not being the biggest, baddest thing around, probably just trying to feel like she's still in control. The rest of them- eh, none of them are here, so I guess it doesn't matter. If you really want me to join that club you're going to have to start pulling that crap on someone who isn't trying to kill you, and I don't think that's going to happen. You don't feel like the type. Besides, you think you think I don't know how hard you've been working to keep me in one piece? I'm not that much of an asshole. I am actually impressed. You pulled some pretty impressive shit. I might not be that excited about all of it, but I'm alive to get over it. Not going to forget that that's all down to you just because you made a call about what needed to get done."
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"I don't know," he says, watching Dorian's hands. Getting healed by magic isn't something he's a huge fan of either, even though sometimes he couldn't fight the way he does without it. That's not a discomfort he thinks too hard about, these days. Not since the earlier days in Orlais with the Bleeders. Some things you just have to get used to. Maybe it's the topic that's making him more aware of it now, making him try harder to sort it all out and put it into words.
"Vivienne just doesn't like not being the biggest, baddest thing around, probably just trying to feel like she's still in control. The rest of them- eh, none of them are here, so I guess it doesn't matter. If you really want me to join that club you're going to have to start pulling that crap on someone who isn't trying to kill you, and I don't think that's going to happen. You don't feel like the type. Besides, you think you think I don't know how hard you've been working to keep me in one piece? I'm not that much of an asshole. I am actually impressed. You pulled some pretty impressive shit. I might not be that excited about all of it, but I'm alive to get over it. Not going to forget that that's all down to you just because you made a call about what needed to get done."