[ Iorveth could endure being strapped to a rack as long as it kept Astarion safe, honestly. The pain is overwhelming, like his insides are scraping itself against his bones to rake the poison out of his system, but he breathes and smiles through it anyway, wolfish.
I'm fine, he mouths, and presses his face into the welcome cradle of Astarion's palms. He can't see Damris from where his peripheral vision is cut off by the hands on him, but he doesn't care; he'd prefer it if he couldn't even hear the tiefling speak, but no dice.
"Only a few minutes. Master Alkam doesn't like to be kept waiting when I bring him his trophies."
Implying that Damris has done this before, and successfully. Cruelty displayed by a cruel tyrant's favorite, in order to keep his position of feeble, meaningless power. Iorveth wants to snap at Damris to develop a spine, but he also really doesn't care to improve Damris' life; he only cares about one vampire, and Astarion is it.
He relaxes. Nuzzles against Astarion's palm again, and privately feels relieved that Damris did not, in fact, poison him with something even worse than what he'd already been going through. ]
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I'm fine, he mouths, and presses his face into the welcome cradle of Astarion's palms. He can't see Damris from where his peripheral vision is cut off by the hands on him, but he doesn't care; he'd prefer it if he couldn't even hear the tiefling speak, but no dice.
"Only a few minutes. Master Alkam doesn't like to be kept waiting when I bring him his trophies."
Implying that Damris has done this before, and successfully. Cruelty displayed by a cruel tyrant's favorite, in order to keep his position of feeble, meaningless power. Iorveth wants to snap at Damris to develop a spine, but he also really doesn't care to improve Damris' life; he only cares about one vampire, and Astarion is it.
He relaxes. Nuzzles against Astarion's palm again, and privately feels relieved that Damris did not, in fact, poison him with something even worse than what he'd already been going through. ]
Better already.