[ With the attitude of an adult patting a child's head: ] I'm sure your devil-may-care charm has captured many a heart.
[ There's far more interesting things about Astarion than his debauchery, but his head is plenty big enough already without being told that. Let him get knocked down a peg. Or maybe three.
Gale isn't the most socially perceptive, but even he can tell when the vibe is off; he sets the book aside and gets to rifling through the stack again. Too dry, too soppy. Too long, too short. The kind of books someone reads make a statement about who they are, and he certainly doesn't want the statement Astarion gets to be 'booooooring'. He holds up another book, the cover embossed in gold. ]
Perhaps this one. It follows a gentleman thief and his detested rival, a detective, as they must work together to clear their names of the murder they've been accused of — quite thrilling, really. And the ending— [ Ah. He stops himself. ] Well. I suppose that's for me to know and you to find out.
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[ There's far more interesting things about Astarion than his debauchery, but his head is plenty big enough already without being told that. Let him get knocked down a peg. Or maybe three.
Gale isn't the most socially perceptive, but even he can tell when the vibe is off; he sets the book aside and gets to rifling through the stack again. Too dry, too soppy. Too long, too short. The kind of books someone reads make a statement about who they are, and he certainly doesn't want the statement Astarion gets to be 'booooooring'. He holds up another book, the cover embossed in gold. ]
Perhaps this one. It follows a gentleman thief and his detested rival, a detective, as they must work together to clear their names of the murder they've been accused of — quite thrilling, really. And the ending— [ Ah. He stops himself. ] Well. I suppose that's for me to know and you to find out.