[It wasn't necessarily caginess that kept him from opening up to the others, mostly social ineptness, but as he did begin to open up he did feel a strange vulnerability. But he knows what he feels isn't on the same level as Astarion feels, and for very good reason.]
and it makes me happy you feel comfortable around me
but if it makes you feel better... the others might still think you're pompous and love it
Good. It makes me happy that you can be yourself around me, I hope you know that.
[ They do share a deeper bond, more so than he could have ever imagined. If it wasn't for the growth he's experienced travelling with Any (and by some extension the rest of them) he would have already ended the conversation.
He doesn't want to, not really and that still feels strange to him. ]
Should I play it up for the rest of them? Make sure that my legacy of pompous behaviour stays intact?
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I had thought you were a pompous tosser
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read me?
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Especially since that's not the case now!
[ he hopes ]
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but hm
you can be but not in the way i thought
definitely pompous but i think you like that
and i think it's kind of cute
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[ wait ]
You think it's cute?
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I think you used to be but then you were turned...
and now you're not but you want to be but maybe not as much as you try to act like you are
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As much as I hate to admit it, I think you're right.
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why it's good isn't it
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It is good but I would be lying if I said it didn't make me nervous to be so...open.
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Perhaps a little at first but we understand each other far more than anyone else ever could.
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[It wasn't necessarily caginess that kept him from opening up to the others, mostly social ineptness, but as he did begin to open up he did feel a strange vulnerability. But he knows what he feels isn't on the same level as Astarion feels, and for very good reason.]
and it makes me happy you feel comfortable around me
but if it makes you feel better... the others might still think you're pompous and love it
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[ They do share a deeper bond, more so than he could have ever imagined. If it wasn't for the growth he's experienced travelling with Any (and by some extension the rest of them) he would have already ended the conversation.
He doesn't want to, not really and that still feels strange to him. ]
Should I play it up for the rest of them? Make sure that my legacy of pompous behaviour stays intact?
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