"Guess that means I can finally get a giant fucking battleaxe."
He shrugs. "Astarion, I'm not asking you to do a goddamn thing. And if it turns out we get there and you want to fuck off somewhere, fine. Just - like I said, a single person I know who fucking gets it is good enough."
He waits. And while he waits, he tries not to fret about what the answer might be. He's always been the one to push a little more, just a bit, and it's nerve-wracking every single time. This is the time that he fucks up. This is the time that he loses every goddamn thing.
He knows he is just looking for some sort of validation, but he's never needed that before! It's weak, he tells himself, and he just gets to the point when he's about to take it all back when Astarion finally responds.
"Damn right I will," he says in a long breath out.
"Oh, you should certainly have both," Astarion murmurs. "Some creatures are
better crushed and others cleaved in twain. I'll get you a Bag of Holding
so you can carry both."
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Date: 2024-10-03 10:46 am (UTC)He shrugs. "Astarion, I'm not asking you to do a goddamn thing. And if it turns out we get there and you want to fuck off somewhere, fine. Just - like I said, a single person I know who fucking gets it is good enough."
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Date: 2024-10-03 11:56 am (UTC)Astarion just sits with that for a few moments. Keeps his jaw tight before he speaks too soon.
"...You'd look very good with a giant fucking battleaxe," he says, eventually, smiling faintly.
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Date: 2024-10-03 01:25 pm (UTC)He knows he is just looking for some sort of validation, but he's never needed that before! It's weak, he tells himself, and he just gets to the point when he's about to take it all back when Astarion finally responds.
"Damn right I will," he says in a long breath out.
"Unless I go for a warhammer."
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Date: 2024-10-03 02:43 pm (UTC)"Oh, you should certainly have both," Astarion murmurs. "Some creatures are better crushed and others cleaved in twain. I'll get you a Bag of Holding so you can carry both."
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Date: 2024-10-03 03:11 pm (UTC)He laughs to himself, clearing the bed and turning to flip off the lamp.
"You ready to call it a night?"
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Date: 2024-10-03 06:45 pm (UTC)"I am. Feel free to go and...see to any mortal ablutions," he says, gesturing vaguely towards the bathroom. "I'll keep the bed cold."
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Date: 2024-10-03 06:55 pm (UTC)"Fortunately for you, Mae will jump up there in a bit. And she's a space heater."