Interesting story - really liked the little touch of cut across his lifeline.

Poor Jowan. :( You captured this moment nicely.

Dark humor and a peek into Jowan's mind. As always, big fan of your description and verbage. Some how you manage to grab a reader with just a few paragraphs and make it a complete story. Excellent!

Quick and effective! How can anyone not pity Jowan, who is such a victim of everything wrong in Thedas?

Nice detail. And I like the take on the prompt.

I like what you did with this prompt. It's not what one would normally expect. Good job!

You have made me actually feel badly for Jowan, which is a rare thing for me. Well done.

And this: "As he inspected his palm in the grey light, he could see that the new, pink scar cut across his lifeline." Appropriately ironic.

Excellent!

Awww...poor Jowan. I always rather feel sorry for the poor guy. This is a great tribute to how he was likely feeling the next morning.

Ah, I like it! I always sympathized with Jowan...poor guy.