She watches him as he answers, gaze steady; Astarion can be subtle on the truth of what he's thinking or feeling and warrants attention to catch it. Sometimes she can, if she's clever.
She smirks. "Well obviously," she agrees with a little bow of her head. "Although most of them would probably say the same." At least one of them managed not to get shot dead in the middle of an ambush, though.
"Come over here and talk with me a bit."
She smirks. "Well obviously," she agrees with a little bow of her head. "Although most of them would probably say the same." At least one of them managed not to get shot dead in the middle of an ambush, though.
"Come over here and talk with me a bit."
She raises an eyebrow, but she smiles, too, and trails after him.
And then she grins.
"It's nice - but it doesn't feel like you," she offers, flopping down onto the sofa, because she may be a gross feral survivor now but she used to have expensive taste. "Did you get to pick?"
And then she grins.
"It's nice - but it doesn't feel like you," she offers, flopping down onto the sofa, because she may be a gross feral survivor now but she used to have expensive taste. "Did you get to pick?"
"We should go shopping," she suggests.
"Do they have furniture stores in Faerun? Or do you remember IKEA from any of the breaches?"
"Do they have furniture stores in Faerun? Or do you remember IKEA from any of the breaches?"
"Well, I'm sure we can get Jacob to make you something badly," she teases, "Or we can just use it to pick out a theme. I think I still remember how to do that."
She leans her head back against his arm, looking around the room, realizing she hasn't been in here yet. Realizing how ridiculous that is.
"We haven't really talked since you've been back. Or me, really."
She leans her head back against his arm, looking around the room, realizing she hasn't been in here yet. Realizing how ridiculous that is.
"We haven't really talked since you've been back. Or me, really."
"I can certainly say it's fucking strange being on this side of graduation."
Admittedly their circumstances are different, but some of the same things carry.
"How are you?"
Admittedly their circumstances are different, but some of the same things carry.
"How are you?"
"There's a lot of choices to make now, huh?" she asks, from the point of view of someone who feels it as well, but it is a genuine question in case she's wrong.
She has worried about that - worries about it. She changed the game on them all while she was gone, brought in a new element they would both be well within their rights to want nothing to do with. She smiles back, and keeps that to herself a while longer.
"What worries you most about it?" she asks instead. "About making bad choices."
"What worries you most about it?" she asks instead. "About making bad choices."
"I've thought about this," she admits, because of course that's the biggest immediate question they'd now face on a pairing, isn't it?
"Do you think you need it to understand him? Is he stonewalling you out or unwilling to talk to you?"
"Do you think you need it to understand him? Is he stonewalling you out or unwilling to talk to you?"
"Sounds to me like you have a good reason not to, then, unless you get stuck or he wants you to," she admits.
"Godric and I - we tried to get through mine. He insisted it would help, and maybe it did. We didn't even get to most of the worst parts, though. I couldn't."
"Godric and I - we tried to get through mine. He insisted it would help, and maybe it did. We didn't even get to most of the worst parts, though. I couldn't."
"So if anything, we've both proven the file isn't necessary for graduating," she points out, reasonably.
But also, she tells the ceiling, "I felt the same way about a lot of it. But some of it... I just didn't want to see his face when he found out about some of it." She rolls her head to look at him, asking the silent question if it was like that for him, too.
But also, she tells the ceiling, "I felt the same way about a lot of it. But some of it... I just didn't want to see his face when he found out about some of it." She rolls her head to look at him, asking the silent question if it was like that for him, too.
"Should have?" she asks, lightly. Curious.
Should doesn't have a very pronounced place in their lives, from what she can tell, and she's not trying to say it now either. But he's the one saying it, so she just prompts.
Should doesn't have a very pronounced place in their lives, from what she can tell, and she's not trying to say it now either. But he's the one saying it, so she just prompts.
She makes a soft, derisive sound at the name but doesn't take it any further than that.
"Well. Mostly I just- it's important to me that you know. If that changes and you do need to get something out of your head, I'm still here. That hasn't changed even if other things have. And I'm not going to shame or humiliate you over it."
"Well. Mostly I just- it's important to me that you know. If that changes and you do need to get something out of your head, I'm still here. That hasn't changed even if other things have. And I'm not going to shame or humiliate you over it."
"Oh, I'm gonna need that," she chuckles, reaching up to hook her fingers with his to pull that arm tight around her. Firm.
"I've been wanting to check back in with both of you anyway, now that some of the... reunion bliss has had a chance to wear off."
"I've been wanting to check back in with both of you anyway, now that some of the... reunion bliss has had a chance to wear off."
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