[ Honestly, Astarion wouldn't have been surprised if Iorveth had said he'd be willing to be married off to barter peace in the north. Sex is sport, Iorveth thinks, so it doesn't seem too far-fetched to think that Iorveth would also find marriage to be nothing but a legal tie to another person. It's a relief to hear that he doesn't, or at least that he does but still wouldn't offer himself up as a groom to save his people.
He doesn't verbalize that. Astarion is beginning to grow used to the strange feeling of caring about things, but part of him still feels embarrassed to. Admitting that he wouldn't like if Iorveth were to secure an allegiance in such a way means admitting yet another thing that Iorveth could do to hurt him, and he's been taught to be ashamed of such weaknesses.
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Oh, I don't know. That silver-haired nobleman did sound rakishly handsome.
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He doesn't verbalize that. Astarion is beginning to grow used to the strange feeling of caring about things, but part of him still feels embarrassed to. Admitting that he wouldn't like if Iorveth were to secure an allegiance in such a way means admitting yet another thing that Iorveth could do to hurt him, and he's been taught to be ashamed of such weaknesses.
Instead: ]
Oh, I don't know. That silver-haired nobleman did sound rakishly handsome.