#“and even my elven lifespan is but a flash in the pan for an immortal; so uh. what do we. what do we think about that”

[invinciblerodent]

you know, having tried this before makes me think now that... from his perspective in the game, there were just two random, strange times when his lover stood in front of him with a grave, melancholy sort of expression, said "can we talk", looked at him for a few seconds like that, and then just... asked for a kiss, as usual. And then everything was normal (or as close to normal as possible) again.

I kind of like (and by "like" I mean "it makes me sad") to think that though she may not have strictly been thinking about breaking up (there's a lot for the PC to just be... sort of generally bummed about in this game, a lot to maybe just want some comforting affection over, Iona maybe even slightly more than many), there is something very in-character in the thought of his mind immediately jumping to the worst possible conclusions.

There are definitely ways to say the "can we talk about the two of us" line that could lead even the most secure person down the "oh god they're about to dump me" scary mind-rabbithole, but this guy? Especially at that first one, when he straight-up admits that he's waiting for the other shoe to drop at any moment? Is not exactly that person.

And now I'm sad.

"I'll make a save here and try breaking up with Astarion, just to see the dialogue- I could see him get kinda nasty about it, but I honestly don't know what to expect so---"

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