[He trailed off thoughtfully there, as if he was considering telling Varric something. In truth, he had already decided to share some valuable information, but he had to make it seem like he was a little reluctant. He didn't want his eagerness to help make him seem untrustworthy.]
Hopefully one of his spies has eyes and ears around here. You wouldn't believe some of the stuff you can hear around here. Whispers of Venatori sightings in the west, strange disappearances in the marshes, things like that. I swear half of it doesn't even make it into official reports. Like the young man who was in here a few days ago, talking about 'there might be a demon over there by that town three days south of here, but it's only a maybe, so I won't put it in the reports. No need to worry anyone over a rumor.' Bah! That's exactly the type of thing someone should be putting in reports!
[It was an entirely made-up story, of course. The truth was that a rift was going to open over that town in four days, and because of the travel time the Inquisitor wouldn't make it there before a lot of damage was done. But Watanuki couldn't come out and just say 'my spirit friend who is totally not a demon sends me visions of the future sometimes', so he had to construct this plausible story of a rumor and hope that Varric took the bait. At least sounding irritable came natural to him, it helped to cover up his nervousness over constructing such a lie.]
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[He trailed off thoughtfully there, as if he was considering telling Varric something. In truth, he had already decided to share some valuable information, but he had to make it seem like he was a little reluctant. He didn't want his eagerness to help make him seem untrustworthy.]
Hopefully one of his spies has eyes and ears around here. You wouldn't believe some of the stuff you can hear around here. Whispers of Venatori sightings in the west, strange disappearances in the marshes, things like that. I swear half of it doesn't even make it into official reports. Like the young man who was in here a few days ago, talking about 'there might be a demon over there by that town three days south of here, but it's only a maybe, so I won't put it in the reports. No need to worry anyone over a rumor.' Bah! That's exactly the type of thing someone should be putting in reports!
[It was an entirely made-up story, of course. The truth was that a rift was going to open over that town in four days, and because of the travel time the Inquisitor wouldn't make it there before a lot of damage was done. But Watanuki couldn't come out and just say 'my spirit friend who is totally not a demon sends me visions of the future sometimes', so he had to construct this plausible story of a rumor and hope that Varric took the bait. At least sounding irritable came natural to him, it helped to cover up his nervousness over constructing such a lie.]