[You're allowed to touch me if we're sharing, yes. Pull me off. And if you'd like to share for some reason, like a discussion where you want a better read on me or you need to be sure I get it or you want to show me something, we can.

But you can also just ask me to separate. Either way is fine.]

And he'll take that as the cue to carefully pop off of Astarion's shoulder. The feeling of warm fondness fades as he does and as the feeling returns to his arm, the scent of the barge returns to his nose.

At the same time, the yellow robes will flow from the edges of the mask until John is in his more 'normal' form.