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[Alex's image pops up onto the screen, looking bright eyed and rather bushy tailed, his hair pulled back into a rough pony-tail.]

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen and everyone else in between. To those I've already met - 'hi' [He waves pleasantly.] and to those I haven't met yet .. I'm Alex. I'm from California, which is on Earth .. my version of Earth anyway .. and the year was 2011 when I was brought here.

Now that the whole spider thing is behind us I feel like I can do this without having anyone looking at me like I've lost my mind, I'm going to.

I've been working with Joe in the kitchens and by myself over in the clothier .. and well .. I'm bored, at least in the clothier. Not too much is coming in to be repaired and I really love sewing.

[He gives a slight shrug, but is still smiling. Does this ~~girl~~ guy ever NOT smile?]

So, I guess what I need from y'all is maybe stuff you're missing? Or stuff you'd like .. I know this place is pretty old fashioned, clothing wise, but I love to sew and if there is cloth I can work, I'm willing to make anything you might be in need of.

Same goes with me being in the kitchens .. I've grown up cooking, so if there's something you miss from home, just lemme know, or swing by .. You can pretty much always find me around here somewhere.

Sooo .. yeah! Just lemme know!

[Alnd you can feel free to chat with Alex here or bump into him at the kitchens or the clothier.]

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[Dot dot dot. Quick. Say something witty. Use that 'sexy tortured look' Isabella said you had.]

It's... been some time since anyone's spoken to me like this.

[His tone says he's surprised. Not angry. Maybe even a bit... intrigued.]

I can't say I've had the time, or interest in such pursuits, lately.

[Well, Anders wasn't acting as if offended or upset by the flirting and that was a decided plus (even if he appears just a tiny bit poleaxed by it). So, Alex runs with it! :D]

Mmm, well that's a crime in and of it's own right! You seem more than worthy of such talk, and a plentiful amount if it, if I might be so bold.

[And he will be so bold, too. At the latter Alex's brows rise almost dramatically, his expression disbelieving.]

Although I can understand that different times allow for the varied presence of such interest, I find it quite sad that you have not had the time for it! Anders, there is always time for such, be a fleeting moment or something far more Homerian in nature. One should not limit themselves to such moments in time, but grasp them whenever they arise.

[His eyes are alight with mirth, but there is also no doubting the very deliberate flirting he's throwing out here.]

After all, one never knows when the next opportunity might present itself.

Perhaps I should check a looking glass more often.

[There's something almost dismissive in the way he says it -- he doesn't believe that, but he's humoring the other, likely.]

In your world, in your life, yes. Certainly. But there are things which need our attention more than the attractive individual next door. An apostate doesn't generally tend to be the sort of person one looks for in a companion.

[Except that Hawke had three of them around. Go figure.]

It's also, perhaps, safer to be limited, in some cases. Such opportunities frequently come at great risk.

[Alex's lips quirk in a grin and he gives a casual shrug.]

Oh, I don't know .. I'd be more than happy to tell you how dashing you are every morning.

[He listens with a curious headtilt and then snorts softly.]

I should think having you as a companion would be both beneficial, enlightening and enjoyable; apostate or not. I've no doubt you would give the best of advise being an apostate.

[At the last his lips purse and he gives a slight nod.]

That one I'll give you, although it shouldn't prevent you from being with your fellows or getting to know strangers. Dangers lurks everywhere and at every turn .. you can't closet yourself off simply due to risk.

[Blink.]

I... appreciate that.

[What else can he say? He has no idea.]

You don't know what I mean when I say 'apostate', do you? I suppose it doesn't mean much here, but it's not precisely the best thing to be branded.

[Never mind he did it willingly. Anders just shrugs.]

I can. I should. It's not my safety that concerns me. It's theirs.

[Oh, Anders .. that face you make is simply adorable, no matter how valiant you're trying to be! He then tilts his head thoughtfully.]

One who has renounced their religious or political beliefs and/or principles, yes? I cannot say that it should immediately be labeled a bad thing, but it is true that I don't know your own circumstances. There could be any number of reasons that one would make such a decision for themselves ..

[It's perfectly apparent that Anders is from an altogether different world than Alex, but his own personal beliefs remained the same. Why should someone be immediately labeled as something bad, simply because they went a route everyone did not?

He then makes a soft sound in the back of his throat.]

Perhaps it is they who would be concerned for your safety? You might find that they feel precisely the same way as you .. in which case no one would ever finds themselves with friends or others that would be close to them ..

[That sounds like an awfully lonely life to Alex. :(]

Not... quite. Though when you put it like that...

[He frowns slightly, debating how best to explain it.]

In Thedas, there are men and women who control magic. Manipulate the forces of nature, heal, control the dead, all sorts of interesting things. And every one of them, every mage, must be part of the Circle. A form of control, should we decide to use our power to dominate the world. Any mage who refuses to join the Circle is branded apostate -- subject to persecution and death at the hands of the Circle's guard dogs.

The templars.

[So much hate in one little word. Can you feel it, Alex?]

Which is why being so much as friends with an apostate mage is considered dangerous. The templars have taken to slaughtering anyone found 'harboring' apostates.

[Something flashes over his face -- a flicker of blue light. He pauses, and it vanishes.]

So that... is why it's inadvisable to allow someone close.

[Alex listens attentively as Anders explains most thoroughly about what he is and does. As the other man speaks, the wereleopard's brows knit sharply and he frowns.

Yeah, he's picking up on that hate like a rather brutish punch in the gut. Not, however, that he can blame him. His nostrils flare, lip curling slightly in disgust, but he doesn't miss that flash of blue. His gaze moves over the other man's face, unable to quell the response.]

Which is the exact reason more people should be at your side! To face such a force is not right and if more opposed the Circles and Templars .. if more people took in apostates and offered them aide ..

[The anger is clear in his voice as he cuts off, looking away from his journal with a flaring of nostrils. Yeah .. he gets you, Anders. A life of bigotry will jade a boy just a teensy bit.]

It's not right.

... At the side of the mages, yes.

[Hear that distinction? It's very much on purpose.]

They need the support of Thedas. If more people were aware of the sorry conditions the mages face, of the oppression of the templars, then we'd stand a chance at real freedom.

But people fear what mages can do. And the more the templars push, the more desperate the mages become... and the more they fall victim to the temptation of demons and blood magic.

[He sighs, but lifts his chin, defiantly.]

No... it isn't. And before I was brought here, I'd done all I could to show them what must be done... regardless of the personal consequences.

In short... I'm not the sort of person who can afford to surround himself with any but the most durable of companions.

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