[ "Like everyone else does". Iorveth steers Astarion out of the way of an incoming drunk lurching on unsteady feet, and uses that moment of proximity to elbow him gently, ever-so-gently. ]
If you want me to be like everyone else, you'll have to find someone like everyone else.
[ Iorveth, who can't refuse Astarion (most) anything, refuses Astarion this one point. He knows it's not that deep－ he knows his fussy cat just wants to be adored instead of be given blunt truths－ but still. Here's another blunt truth to add to the pile.
To soften the blow, though (again, because he doesn't want to be broken up with, and he doesn't want to suggest that he wants to be broken up with), he squeezes Astarion's hand again and leads him up the street towards the courtyard. He can tell where it is because he can, in fact, hear the troubadours singing. ]
If you want me to compliment you, I need only tell you the truth about how I feel now.
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If you want me to be like everyone else, you'll have to find someone like everyone else.
[ Iorveth, who can't refuse Astarion (most) anything, refuses Astarion this one point. He knows it's not that deep－ he knows his fussy cat just wants to be adored instead of be given blunt truths－ but still. Here's another blunt truth to add to the pile.
To soften the blow, though (again, because he doesn't want to be broken up with, and he doesn't want to suggest that he wants to be broken up with), he squeezes Astarion's hand again and leads him up the street towards the courtyard. He can tell where it is because he can, in fact, hear the troubadours singing. ]
If you want me to compliment you, I need only tell you the truth about how I feel now.