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[nibbling]

[ Now he really could vomit from the sugary sweetness. ]

Ugh. Even Wyll? Even Gale?

[divinestrike]

They have their place, so yes, even them. You don't have to like them, Astarion. You just have to behave. A little. Don't suppose I can bribe you with something to make sure we keep the peace around here.

[nibbling]

I'm nothing if not reasonable. Make your offer, darling.

[divinestrike]

You wanted to use me as bait, right? I'm willing to help you catch your food at night. Gods know I don't sleep much to begin with. I won't be missing anything.

You get to eat. You're happy. Everyone else can be happy, too.

[nibbling]

I suppose a full stomach would make it easier to tolerate the Blade of Frontiers referring to himself in the third person.

[divinestrike]

If you get tired of listening to him, you can always just come and spend time with me.

[nibbling]

And here I thought you were opposed to getting to know each other more intimately.

[divinestrike]

That is not equivalent to me saying I'm going to throw you down into my bedroll and demand you make penance for misbehaviour.

[nibbling]

And yet you've made such a detailed scenario for someone not at all pent up.

[divinestrike]

I thought it might be more the thing you'd expect to hear from me, actually.

[nibbling]

I don't know. The repressed type usually strike me as wanting to be thrown down on the bedroll themselves.

[divinestrike]

Hypothetically speaking, and allow me to reiterate that I do mean hypothetically—wouldn't it be possible for someone to be both pent up and repressed at the same time? Just as much as I think it'd be possible for the same person to want to both throw down and be thrown down.

Obviously not at the same time.

[nibbling]

Yes, dear.

The repression usually leads to being pent up, and before you know it, you're describing punishing your vampire spawn campmate for being a bad boy.

[divinestrike]

You're starting to sound like an expert in the field. Is this something you experience often? Forgive me if I have trouble picturing anyone referring to you as 'bad boy.'

[If she carefully disregards the weight of the subject matter, the mental imagery of 'Bad Boy Astarion' is greatly amusing.]

[nibbling]

[ She's right, in a way. When he got called 'bad', it usually wasn't in such a light-hearted context. ]

I'm flattered. You think I'm a good boy, then?

[divinestrike]

I didn't say that. I think you are as you're meant to be. Right here. Right now.

[What a diplomatic way to not answer him at all.]

[nibbling]

Oh, but 'as-you're-meant-to-be boy' doesn't have quite as much of a ring to it.

What will we do with each other, then, when I escape Wyll? [ Gods, don't say it's something terribly boring. ]

[divinestrike]

How cheeky of you. I'll come up with a different, more concise descriptor of what kind of boy I think you are.

[Troublesome. Frustrating. Charming (annoyingly so). She has a few ideas in mind.]

I don't know what you were planning to do, but I'm sure I had a few things available to me. My nightly routine tends to consist of reading, bathing, praying, taking long walks in the woods, planning for the next day.

[How pragmatic of her.]

[nibbling]

[ So it is boring. He has to make all of his own fun around here. ]

Allow my dulcet tones to read to you as you bathe.

[divinestrike]

[Now that's an idea.]

That's a little strange, but only because I haven't had that proposed to me before. Can I ask what you plan on reading? Or why you want to read to me whilst I bathe?

[nibbling]

Because I want to see you naked, darling.

[ It's almost adorable that she doesn't get it... in the way a clueless puppy is adorable. ]

[divinestrike]

Kind of hard to look when you're reading a book, isn't it? What's the point of the book if you're just going to be looking at me? I guess it's. Fine. Either way. There is nothing exciting about bath time.

[She has so many questions. Is this a normal pastime for him?]

[nibbling]

There could be if you made it an exciting book. You have those, yes?

[divinestrike]

That's very cute of you. I assume you are referring to risque and scandalous material, which I can neither confirm nor deny. [Do not go through her things to find out, is the implied command.] Either way, you are not reading that material aloud to me. I doubt very much I would be able to endure it without an immense amount of embarrassment. Is it not enough to let you watch me bathe?

[nibbling]

You're sure you don't want me to read you the passionate exploits of the naive young princess and the big, strong barbarian who teaches her pleasure?