[ It is simple for him, especially by comparison. For Astarion, itโs clearly anything but โ and Winter woefully lacks the sense of scale needed to truly fathom what Astarion has been through, though he is trying. If heโs lucky, heโll see 200 years in the whole of his life, but Astarion has had his personhood stripped from him for at least that long, with so many more years of some unknown future to come.
Gods, he wants nothing more than to protect this man. To make sure he never has to be anyoneโs tool ever again. ]
I wish I had some neat little answer for you, some magic words I could say to make all that go away, but I donโt. All I can do is promise to be patient, and to listen.
Iโฆ I care about you a lot, you know. The last thing I ever want to do is hurt you.
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[ It is simple for him, especially by comparison. For Astarion, itโs clearly anything but โ and Winter woefully lacks the sense of scale needed to truly fathom what Astarion has been through, though he is trying. If heโs lucky, heโll see 200 years in the whole of his life, but Astarion has had his personhood stripped from him for at least that long, with so many more years of some unknown future to come.
Gods, he wants nothing more than to protect this man. To make sure he never has to be anyoneโs tool ever again. ]
I wish I had some neat little answer for you, some magic words I could say to make all that go away, but I donโt. All I can do is promise to be patient, and to listen.
Iโฆ I care about you a lot, you know. The last thing I ever want to do is hurt you.