"We have to do something while we wait, and this is better than staring blankly at walls."
Her smile is slightly wry, even if she bites her lip immediately afterward. Eventually she settles in her chair, fingers running along the spine of a book, not-quite absentmindedly.
"I think -- well. After Howe, and the Blight, and the aftermath, and the attacks by the Mother's new darkspawn -- if you had dreams of being a legendary hero, where would you come? We had openings, we'd lost people, we had -- and have -- storied people here that new recruits can learn from and emulate -- so there were a lot of smart, sharp, but under-experienced idealists that showed up at our gates. I like idealists, but perhaps not so many all at once."
Right?
"And -- honestly our coffers are a little underloaded with all the repairs to the Vigil that still need doing, in addition to the proto-famine we had, plus repayment and help for those that suffered from bandit and darkspawn attacks, so -- there aren't many veterans that weren't already here that are willing to work for what we can pay just now. Hence, shiny new children with bright dreams and not a lot of bloody experience."
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Her smile is slightly wry, even if she bites her lip immediately afterward. Eventually she settles in her chair, fingers running along the spine of a book, not-quite absentmindedly.
"I think -- well. After Howe, and the Blight, and the aftermath, and the attacks by the Mother's new darkspawn -- if you had dreams of being a legendary hero, where would you come? We had openings, we'd lost people, we had -- and have -- storied people here that new recruits can learn from and emulate -- so there were a lot of smart, sharp, but under-experienced idealists that showed up at our gates. I like idealists, but perhaps not so many all at once."
Right?
"And -- honestly our coffers are a little underloaded with all the repairs to the Vigil that still need doing, in addition to the proto-famine we had, plus repayment and help for those that suffered from bandit and darkspawn attacks, so -- there aren't many veterans that weren't already here that are willing to work for what we can pay just now. Hence, shiny new children with bright dreams and not a lot of bloody experience."