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-land's influence on you. [ Good morning from the tired and faintly exasperated countenance of Robyn, who hastily replaces a wayward braid behind her ear before actually attending to the broadcast. She smiles wearily, clearing her throat before addressing the mansion. ]

Hello, Wonderland. In case we've yet to meet, my name is Robyn Cousland of the Gr- [ She cuts off momentarily to glance away, frowning, and speaks to someone or something off-camera. ] Stop. Sit.

[ There's a low whine, but she returns to the device with a satisfied, short sigh. ]

When I arrived, I... found, if it can be called that, a mabari - a Ferelden hound - in the wardrobe of my room. He isn't nearly as well-behaved as my own, unfortunately; he seems much younger, though I've just been thinking it might be because of the way that this place seems to affect us all. Though, luckily, we haven't all been taking little things from other people and hiding them away.

[ TALKING ABOUT YOU, OREN THE DOG. ]

Which... brings me to my point, which is that the dog has apparently been taking things that don't belong to him. Some of them have names written in them, some books, but most of these things have been difficult to return. I know for a fact that he confiscated possessions of an Emily Bennett, Evelyn O'Connell, and Cullen Rutherford. Also... [ At this, the Warden sifts through the pile as she speaks: ] Several boots, gloves, and gauntlets, mostly leather. A... necklace, I think, made of bone, a clay flower pot, some kind of- [ Maker's breath. She looks momentarily pained and spots of pink rise into the apples of her cheeks. ] Something... called Busty Asian Beauties, and several other things I've yet to identify.

[ The picture on the cover of that particular piece of reading material is overwhelmingly embarrassing and she hastens to end the broadcast. ]

Andraste's grace. Please stop by room thirty on the first floor if you've been missing something, or just tell me what you've lost and I will return it once I've made some sense of this mess.

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Only unintentionally. [ She replies lightly. Cullen glances over the stolen goods and she's about to continue the thread of conversation when he seems to notice something else and approaches, picking up one item in particular. ]

Oh-- No, he isn't. Its owner said it was unimportant and for Oren to keep it.

[ It had seemed a kindness, but by the end of their first meeting, she and Solas had parted ways at odds, to say the least. The mild tension is clear in her tone and expression. ]

You can take it, if you like, but it may... well, smell like dog.

-Keep it? [ That was so far from his mind, he needs a second to catch up with the idea. ] Ah. No, I'm confident Oren will find more use for it than I could. That wasn't why I asked, I'd-

[ Her expression isn't lost on him, but what to do with it he's not sure. ]

I'd hoped to speak to its owner- [ If that is who he thinks it is. ] -Solas? An elven mage?

Yes. [ She confirms in an even tone. ] He ought to still be here, as far as I know.

[ Robyn worries at her lower lip for a moment, seemingly debating something, and then adds: ]

He seems very eager to return to Thedas. He spoke of attacking the Core itself.

[ Hastily and without much of a plan, the Warden thinks. ]

[ Cullen would rather speak to Solas sooner than later; he'd hoped for an opportunity here, but he'll make do on his own. When she talks again a smile almost tugs at the corner of his lips. Something familiar about the expression now. Yes, that would be Solas all right.

--Until the smile falters, and she has his full attention instead. ]

The core? A core of- what, Wonderland?

So they say. I've yet to see or examine it for myself, though... I've heard a lot against that.

[ Who had it been who'd said that they lost memories whenever in proximity to the thing? ]

It doesn't seem as if we know much about it at all.

Where is it located? Who guards it? What- what do we know about it?

[ Because despite having been in Wonderland for well over three months now this is the first time he's even been told that it exists at all. ]

Not much. [ She replies, sounding regretful of that fact, herself. ] I've heard that it's... kept on the Mirrors' side, but that it's dangerous to approach. Even if it wasn't, we don't exactly have easy access to that side.

[ Only when they switch places, it seems, though Robyn has only been in the mansion half a year thus far. ]

I haven't gotten the sense that it needs a guard. [ There's a pause. ] You may consider asking the Inquisitor, considering he and Dorian have been here some time longer than the rest of us.

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