Once I would have said the answer to that question was obvious, but I may have to rethink the metaphor β Shadowheart would never put herself in such danger.
[ As for the rest of Gale's message, there's a long pause before Astarion responds. A storm plays out in miniature: a strange sort of sting at being clearly marked outside of their circle at the same time as he understands it to be a curse; the urge to ask if he truly is blindβ but he supposes he largely would be, given the differences in their timing. ]
Bhaal demands pain, cruelty, and destruction, not death alone.
[ What he bites back: Every god is a blight. None will accept a complete stop to a subject's devotion. ]
Don't get yourself killed.
[ Then, quickly, ]
I'm not a cleric. I won't waste my time on a wound that insists on reopening itself.
no subject
[ As for the rest of Gale's message, there's a long pause before Astarion responds. A storm plays out in miniature: a strange sort of sting at being clearly marked outside of their circle at the same time as he understands it to be a curse; the urge to ask if he truly is blindβ but he supposes he largely would be, given the differences in their timing. ]
Bhaal demands pain, cruelty, and destruction, not death alone.
[ What he bites back: Every god is a blight. None will accept a complete stop to a subject's devotion. ]
Don't get yourself killed.
[ Then, quickly, ]
I'm not a cleric. I won't waste my time on a wound that insists on reopening itself.