[ as they navigate this newfound knowledge of each other, the last thing he expects from shadowheart is a compliment. you were a good boyfriend, an assertion at odds with the other astarionโs clear outline of his failings. a strike against mystra growing bored and then frustrated with him, too. he doesnโt linger in it for too long, thinking instead on the significance of being shadowheartโs first in that world and this one, with her memories stolen from her.
and even if she still possessed them โ she speaks true. shar does not allow for sentimental attachments. for softness. for love. he feels impossibly touched, to have given her that (and be given that in turn, when mystra came to him as a boy; there were others after her, but none so all-consuming). ]
Oh. Thank you. Iโm glad it was you, too.
[ and not another, with privileged knowledge of him when he was young and vulnerable and oh so gangly. ]
And I hope you know you can always unburden yourself with me.
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and even if she still possessed them โ she speaks true. shar does not allow for sentimental attachments. for softness. for love. he feels impossibly touched, to have given her that (and be given that in turn, when mystra came to him as a boy; there were others after her, but none so all-consuming). ]
Oh.
Thank you.
Iโm glad it was you, too.
[ and not another, with privileged knowledge of him when he was young and vulnerable and oh so gangly. ]
And I hope you know you can always unburden yourself with me.
[ that hasnโt changed. ]