[ It does do him some good to have the wizard in his debt, especially the further they go on their journey - who knows when he will need a little magic to ensure his survival, especially when they sneak closer and closer to Cazador? If snatching a book that hardly works for Astarion will earn a vote of confidence, well, consider it done. ]

It's entirely likely we've already killed them, in which case they're not missing anything.

[ Such a blasé attitude to death might upset some, but Astarion is a spawn and his master's spawn both, and he has long since accepted that death is simply something that comes hand in hand with survival. In an us versus them situation, he's well aware of whom he'd like to be the victor.

His interest is caught in the promise of a book, however, and he raises his eyebrows. He is curious to see what kind of literature Gale thinks that he might be interested in, and what suggestions he could offer, carrying around a library of his own making as he does.

Crossing his arms, his lip twitches. ]

What would the great Wizard of Waterdeep offer me, hm?