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[backscar]

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[divinestrike]

As does anyone else. Mystery is an allure. It's what keeps us coming back for more. I value that. Not a necessity, but it's nice not to have all of the answers. Discovery is healthy.

[backscar]

That does explain your need to open every crate we see.

[divinestrike]

That is not at all what I was getting at. Besides, I believe in being very thorough. It's been useful.

[backscar]

You can be thorough with me as much as you wish, darling.

[divinestrike]

Oh, are you a crate now? Want me to open you up and find everything inside?

[backscar]

I'm blushing, Nepione.

[divinestrike]

I didn't know you were even capable of that. How nice that the roles between us are reversed, for once. Usually, I'm the one all filled with colour.

[backscar]

I am capable of more than you can imagine.

[divinestrike]

Anything you care to share, or is this information I need to earn?

[backscar]

You could try and pry it out of me.

[divinestrike]

You'd like that. [Less a question, more an observation.] Fine. I'll bite. Perhaps literally.

[backscar]

I would enjoy that, of course, darling. Consider me an open book for all your burning little questions.

[divinestrike]

I know you would. Humour me. Tell me something you're capable of that I don't already know.

And maybe, depending on what it is, I'll let you teach me something new.

[backscar]

Would you prefer to hear something wonderful or something miserable?

[divinestrike]

Eventually I intend to learn everything, so pick one that resonates with you. For this particular moment.

[backscar]

Very well. I like cats.

[divinestrike]

Somehow, I'm unsurprised. You might as well be one with that melodrama of yours. Sharp claws and teeth, too. Cats don't really like collars either, do they?

[backscar]

Some cats don't. It depends entirely on the context of the collar.

[divinestrike]

Would you be the type to wear one? If you were a cat, I mean, of course. Although I guess you'd look fetching with a lacy choker or something with a pretty stone, too.

Question stands.

[backscar]

I could be persuaded, if the right person asked.

[divinestrike]

I'm prying and I know that, but I suspect you can handle a little of that from me. What's your idea of the 'right person'? You've used that before. I can't help being curious over where your standards lie.

[backscar]

Oh, you know. Someone handsome, charming, tolerable to the palette.

[divinestrike]

That could be anyone, Astarion. Seems rather open-ended to me. You've never considered anything else? Like, I suppose my ideal would be someone who likes to read. Someone knowledgeable about history. Someone I can have engaging conversation with. And other types of engagement, I guess. Someone easy on the eyes. Someone who can make me laugh while also irritating me. Someone who can keep me honest.

Things like that. I'm sure you have other qualifiers for your right person.

[backscar]

I haven't had a wealth of opportunities to find 'the one', darling, you know that. I was rather limited in my chances.

Right now, I would take anyone who isn't irritating to be around.

[divinestrike]

True. Even more so when considering your situation. I think you deserve something a little more than anyone who isn't irritating to be around, for whatever that might matter.