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[backscar]

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[divinestrike]

Please. As if I would dispose of you. Red wine? Would you like for me to pack anything special for you?

[backscar]

Just yourself. That's all I need.

[divinestrike]

[Oh.]

Wine and myself. Got it. I won't fit in the basket, so I hope that's fine.

[backscar]

I am sure I will make do.

[divinestrike]

Of course you will. Let's go tomorrow. In the afternoon. So you can enjoy a little of the sun and watch it set.

[backscar]

That sounds surprisingly perfect.

[divinestrike]

Nothing is perfect, Astarion, but sometimes we may be able to get pretty close to it.

[backscar]

You make it oh so easy to say sweet things to you.

[divinestrike]

Do I? An unintended side-effect, I assure you.
Unless you felt you needed excuses to do so. In which case, I guess I could try to make that happen.

[backscar]

An excuse does help me feel less sappy.

[divinestrike]

If it helps, I wasn't planning to tell anyone that you can be sappy. No one would believe me, anyway, even if I did. Your secret is safe with me.

Although I suppose I could seal my words with a kiss.

[backscar]

Is that a promise?

[divinestrike]

I do promise I'll not say a word to the others.

[backscar]

About the sappiness, or the date?

[divinestrike]

Both if you prefer. I, admittedly, don't like sharing private information regardless, so I was always going to keep it to myself.

[backscar]

I will follow your lead.

[divinestrike]

You don't have to do that, you know. I'm not much of a leader, Astarion.

[backscar]

And yet you are our leader.

[divinestrike]

I don't think of it like that. It isn't a role I asked for and frankly, I don't have that kind of experience. I just tolerate it when people say it.

[backscar]

And yet you continue to guide us all.

[divinestrike]

Well. We're all going in the same direction. It's a better journey when we're travelling it together. I wouldn't be here now if it weren't for you and the others. I'm only here because of you guys. There's no way I could have handled this on my own.

[backscar]

And I doubt we could have done the same without you.

[divinestrike]

Yes, well. Still. I'm not a leader, so... don't call me that. I'm just like you. Well, not just like. You know what I'm saying. I should just stop while I'm not ahead.

[backscar]

Yes, we don't want either of us to get stuck in the circle of ramble and compliment, do we?

[divinestrike]

Ramble, fine. And compliment, more fine when I'm the one saying it to you. But if I keep going, you'll never be able to look at me the same and I don't know that I can handle that.