#dwarves man

how do you react to the sky if you've lived your entire life until that point underground? how do you comprehend the vastness of it and not go a little fucking insane? and the sun? like you know the surface had one but you just never really thought about it with any real understanding, if you thought about it at all. but there it is: a giant fireball in the sky and you just now have to live with that. also possibly insanity inducing. and seasons? weather? the smells associated with them? the wind? the foliage? the night sky?

oh i have feelings about dís seeing stars and the moon for the first time

and the fact that dwarves not being able to dream is never brought up in origins in the context of a dwarf warden is another lost opportunity. like, what do you do when you go your whole life never experiencing that kind of thing to suddenly you are but it's all fucked up because it's a tainted dragon talking to you, watching you, calling you, and you have ZERO concept of it? how do you go to sleep at night knowing that's what awaits you and knowing that this is a normal occurrence for everyone else? fascinating and horrifying.