[ Something that Astarion has kept to himself, a fear that he hasn't allowed anyone else to even begin to perceive, is the thought that, though their paths have been the same up through Gale's recollection, that perhaps they could still diverge. That he'll disappear and simplyβ never come back. Not because of whatever methods this place has of spiriting souls away, but because he's detonated the orb in his chest, because he'sβ
βdead.
He types then deletes the words look harder, frustration and fear curdling into something he's even less comfortable with. ]
What is all that cleverness for, if all it offers you is two paths through the same woods?
[ But, to curb any further argument for the moment: ]
no subject
βdead.
He types then deletes the words look harder, frustration and fear curdling into something he's even less comfortable with. ]
What is all that cleverness for, if all it offers you is two paths through the same woods?
[ But, to curb any further argument for the moment: ]
I believe you.