Oh, please — prepare yourself to be delighted. After all, you've a recommendation from a man of incomparable taste.
[ And he's modest, too! With all the thought he put into picking this particular novel for Astarion to read, he had better enjoy it. It's a little more exciting, a little more bloody than his usual fare. He figured Astarion might appreciate something more thrilling. Of course, it's not entirely solving murders and running from the guards; there's the unlikely bond that forms between two sworn rivals, too, but that seems less of a selling point for Astarion. He doesn't strike Gale as the type to be invested in real people's relationships, much less fictional ones'. He likes to think that this will be the story to change that. ]
As works of fiction go, I assure you it's among the greats. I'm quite fond of the character of Detective Morin myself. A polymath and prodigious investigator, intellect second to none. [ With slight irritation in his voice: ] Some may find him egotistical, but I dare say they lack reading comprehension.
[ He relates to this character. Perhaps a little too much. ]
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Oh, please — prepare yourself to be delighted. After all, you've a recommendation from a man of incomparable taste.
[ And he's modest, too! With all the thought he put into picking this particular novel for Astarion to read, he had better enjoy it. It's a little more exciting, a little more bloody than his usual fare. He figured Astarion might appreciate something more thrilling. Of course, it's not entirely solving murders and running from the guards; there's the unlikely bond that forms between two sworn rivals, too, but that seems less of a selling point for Astarion. He doesn't strike Gale as the type to be invested in real people's relationships, much less fictional ones'. He likes to think that this will be the story to change that. ]
As works of fiction go, I assure you it's among the greats. I'm quite fond of the character of Detective Morin myself. A polymath and prodigious investigator, intellect second to none. [ With slight irritation in his voice: ] Some may find him egotistical, but I dare say they lack reading comprehension.
[ He relates to this character. Perhaps a little too much. ]