#she always used shaw when she wanted emotional distance#or when she wanted to be on neutral/equal ground with shaw#root used sam when she wanted to purposely annoy shaw#and sameen was her term of endearment#also used when she wanted to be affectionately annoying#or overtly seductive and flirty#root saying sameen always meant she was actually being vulnerable
#sameen was root’s ‘tell’#whenever she used it shaw knew root was laying her cards on the table regardless of what root was saying to hide it#and if you watch shaw#she responds accordingly#root’s tone when she says sameen lets shaw know which way the conversation will go#and she either calls root out for it#or carefully listens with much less snark and projected hostility#shaw often seems to soften her demeanor in response to the times root is genuinely serious or sincere#all based just on the way and manner in which root say’s her name#i think shaw learned after the hotel meeting and subsequent research not to trust root’s body language or words#so she focused#maybe subconsciously on tone#it’s the one thing root can’t mask or hide#around shaw in particular#but really no one else pays enough attention or knows root well enough#to pay attention to the way she speaks#shaw would have zeroed in on it pretty quick#especially during the kidnapping#but I think shaw is also the only person later on who actually cares enough about what root has to say that she makes sure to listen#a refined art form of shaws#as she has spent her whole life learning to listen#very carefully#her own small voices (via archaeomedic)
Kirkwall Was Totally Built On a Hellmouth 