[ Iorveth actually had no idea that Sending has a word limit. A good thing to know, though it's hardly the point.
Single eye dropping to where Astarion's hand is resting, palm to knuckles, fingers stacked on fingers, Iorveth considers his response to the claim laid out in front of him. ]
I have the rest of my life to figure out how to navigate cities.
[ Carefully worded. "Rest of my life" could be his mortal life, and it could be the nebulous immortal life that he may or may not lead, depending on if that's even truly possible for a normal elf like him to achieve. ]
True, I only left the forest to assassinate Henselt in Baldur's Gate. But venturing outside my homeland led me to you.
[ So the world beyond the bounds of his ancestral trees are likely not all terrible, even if Iorveth will always be wary of an overabundance of humans. Some wounds heal, but scar forever. ]
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Single eye dropping to where Astarion's hand is resting, palm to knuckles, fingers stacked on fingers, Iorveth considers his response to the claim laid out in front of him. ]
I have the rest of my life to figure out how to navigate cities.
[ Carefully worded. "Rest of my life" could be his mortal life, and it could be the nebulous immortal life that he may or may not lead, depending on if that's even truly possible for a normal elf like him to achieve. ]
True, I only left the forest to assassinate Henselt in Baldur's Gate. But venturing outside my homeland led me to you.
[ So the world beyond the bounds of his ancestral trees are likely not all terrible, even if Iorveth will always be wary of an overabundance of humans. Some wounds heal, but scar forever. ]