[ The two men step aside to allow them through the gate, and Astarion is suitably effusive for a sick, humble traveler as they do so — oh, thank you, kind sirs. Once they're through, though, he rolls his eyes. ]
Fools.
[ The streets of Waterdeep's Southern Ward are less glittering than he expected, although it's still cleaner than Baldur's Gate. It quickly becomes clear that this is the part of the city reserved for the less socioeconomically fortunate, like the Lower City. All places are the same, in the end; even here, the rich prefer to be separated from the common rabble. The streets are lined with businesses for one thing or another, many of them stacked one on top of the other in tall multistory buildings, although the windows are dark at this time of night. They pass by a wooden sign reading What Ales You, and it doesn't take a natural 20 on perception to know what goods they're proffering. ]
Ugh, [ he groans, eyes roaming over the unfamiliar landscape. ] Maybe I shouldn't have tuned Gale out quite so much.
[ He still should have tuned him out, of course, just less. One can only take so much Gale. ]
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Fools.
[ The streets of Waterdeep's Southern Ward are less glittering than he expected, although it's still cleaner than Baldur's Gate. It quickly becomes clear that this is the part of the city reserved for the less socioeconomically fortunate, like the Lower City. All places are the same, in the end; even here, the rich prefer to be separated from the common rabble. The streets are lined with businesses for one thing or another, many of them stacked one on top of the other in tall multistory buildings, although the windows are dark at this time of night. They pass by a wooden sign reading What Ales You, and it doesn't take a natural 20 on perception to know what goods they're proffering. ]
Ugh, [ he groans, eyes roaming over the unfamiliar landscape. ] Maybe I shouldn't have tuned Gale out quite so much.
[ He still should have tuned him out, of course, just less. One can only take so much Gale. ]
—He mentioned living by the water, I think.