[Oh, it's for the better. He has not a flicker of doubt about that. They may not know where they'll end up from here on out, but Astarion cannot imagine things would have been good without Winter at his side.]

In that sense, a devil is not too far removed from everyone else. Give them what they want, and they might give you the same in turn.

[Except the dynamic between themselves and Raphael is probably a bit more, ah, lopsided. But it's probably fine. Nothing they can't handle, right?]