I was offering to leave you here, [ Astarion mumbles under his breath, though he bites back any further comments as Gale continues to speak, crossing his arms over his chest as he watches the wizard get to his feet.
Whatever self-flattery he has prepared in response to Gale's mention of his bandaging skills are immediately curtailed by that unexpected expression of sincerity. He's never known what to do with it, less so now, following the strange up-and-down of worry and the mere fact of physical closeness. His brow pinches, and he looks awayβ then back, as if to confirm to himself that any of this had happened at all. ]
Don't get yourself killed, [ is what he manages, unwilling to take that thanks head-on but unwilling, too, to let it simply slip by or otherwise dismiss it (to let Gale think, truly, that he doesn't want it at all). The words hang on their own for long enough that the following, ] For all our sakes, [ doesn't discount it entirely, even as he turns toward the door for fear of giving away any more of his hand.
Though, even then, he opens the doorβ and holds it open, rather than sweeping through on his own. ]
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Whatever self-flattery he has prepared in response to Gale's mention of his bandaging skills are immediately curtailed by that unexpected expression of sincerity. He's never known what to do with it, less so now, following the strange up-and-down of worry and the mere fact of physical closeness. His brow pinches, and he looks awayβ then back, as if to confirm to himself that any of this had happened at all. ]
Don't get yourself killed, [ is what he manages, unwilling to take that thanks head-on but unwilling, too, to let it simply slip by or otherwise dismiss it (to let Gale think, truly, that he doesn't want it at all). The words hang on their own for long enough that the following, ] For all our sakes, [ doesn't discount it entirely, even as he turns toward the door for fear of giving away any more of his hand.
Though, even then, he opens the doorβ and holds it open, rather than sweeping through on his own. ]