[A slender brow lofts at the way the other stutters and trips over his words and he can't help but smile just a little at it. It's sort of adorable, really. It's been awhile since he's made a young man carry on awkwardly like that. It's always so much fun to pick on them a little. Just lightly, for giggles.
To his question his gaze moves to the staff in his hands and then to the skull, fingers moving over the stylized grip a moment considering how to answer that.]
Yes. It's a real staff that casts real magic, and yes, it's a real human skull set in at the top. No one I've killed. No doubt rather old as well. I think it's human? Could be Dalish...I don't believe it's thick enough to be Dwarven.
[Once Dorian is done musing he'll shift the staff, leaning it closer to Ned to see how he'll react if it gets close enough to him.]
Want to see? [It won't be close enough to touch him, but close enough to be pushed away. Dorian is fully expecting the other to just shrink back and be afraid of it. "ew no get it away!" sort of deal. He doesn't realize the other has special powers to be wary of...]
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To his question his gaze moves to the staff in his hands and then to the skull, fingers moving over the stylized grip a moment considering how to answer that.]
Yes. It's a real staff that casts real magic, and yes, it's a real human skull set in at the top. No one I've killed. No doubt rather old as well. I think it's human? Could be Dalish...I don't believe it's thick enough to be Dwarven.
[Once Dorian is done musing he'll shift the staff, leaning it closer to Ned to see how he'll react if it gets close enough to him.]
Want to see? [It won't be close enough to touch him, but close enough to be pushed away. Dorian is fully expecting the other to just shrink back and be afraid of it. "ew no get it away!" sort of deal. He doesn't realize the other has special powers to be wary of...]