So much so, in fact, that even Astarion doesn’t balk at the bluntness of it: it’s fair. It’s true. And even if the reminder might technically sting under other circumstances, spelling it out at least comes with the benefit of easing something tangled up within his chest. Something worried still that his companion might opt to leave him— all of them— in favor of the world he’d left behind.
“Can’t have been better than present company is all I’m saying.”
Pressed out after a steady beat, his voice softer than his sense of humor.
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So much so, in fact, that even Astarion doesn’t balk at the bluntness of it: it’s fair. It’s true. And even if the reminder might technically sting under other circumstances, spelling it out at least comes with the benefit of easing something tangled up within his chest. Something worried still that his companion might opt to leave him— all of them— in favor of the world he’d left behind.
“Can’t have been better than present company is all I’m saying.”
Pressed out after a steady beat, his voice softer than his sense of humor.