You are not the friend I remember, but I would like to be yours. Some of what I know may be the same, some may be different. I would like to know where that is so, and let myself be known, to remove this imbalance. I don't like it anymore than you do.
[ he hates the disparity. they had grown in friendship before because their situation was the same, they grew to trust each other.
is doing so here impossible? ]
I'm sorry. I will give you your space, and leave it in your hands. You have this contact, and my room is [ directions ] if you should wish to speak again.
[ For a long moment, Astarion reads and re-reads the message that's come through, worrying his lip as he wonders if he's been unduly blunt — and swiftly dismisses the thought.
He forgoes a response for the moment, but it isn't as though he'll forget this anytime soon. ]
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You are not the friend I remember, but I would like to be yours. Some of what I know may be the same, some may be different. I would like to know where that is so, and let myself be known, to remove this imbalance. I don't like it anymore than you do.
[ he hates the disparity. they had grown in friendship before because their situation was the same, they grew to trust each other.
is doing so here impossible? ]
I'm sorry. I will give you your space, and leave it in your hands. You have this contact, and my room is [ directions ] if you should wish to speak again.
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He forgoes a response for the moment, but it isn't as though he'll forget this anytime soon. ]