[ Funny, how Iorveth is so willing to channel "what you want to do isn't necessarily what you're going to do" to everybody but Astarion. He acknowledges it as his own character flaw and bias, that he holds Astarion above people who are living similar circumstances; again, there are certain shapes of justice and morality that he holds onto with clawed fingers and tenterhooks, but if he had to choose between being moral or being loyal, he knows which one he'd choose every single time.
He leans backwards on the heels of his hands, twisting his torso to look at Astarion in profile. Evaluating. It isn't pleasant to know that Astarion still thinks about relying on the crutch of absolute power, but it doesn't manifest as anything beyond a flick of his gaze upwards towards the ceiling, contemplative. ]
In a broad sense, perhaps.
[ Being powerful, being immortal. Iorveth isn't an expert on vampires, and therefore can't speak with any certainty about what being a vampire ascendant would have really meant. But he's seen Cazador, and he's tangentially seen what sort of philosophies Alkam has instilled his spawn, and none of the evidence point to anything he'd want Astarion to become.
He hums under his breath, long legs crossing at the ankles. ]
But I wonder if that power wouldn't have become your entire world.
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He leans backwards on the heels of his hands, twisting his torso to look at Astarion in profile. Evaluating. It isn't pleasant to know that Astarion still thinks about relying on the crutch of absolute power, but it doesn't manifest as anything beyond a flick of his gaze upwards towards the ceiling, contemplative. ]
In a broad sense, perhaps.
[ Being powerful, being immortal. Iorveth isn't an expert on vampires, and therefore can't speak with any certainty about what being a vampire ascendant would have really meant. But he's seen Cazador, and he's tangentially seen what sort of philosophies Alkam has instilled his spawn, and none of the evidence point to anything he'd want Astarion to become.
He hums under his breath, long legs crossing at the ankles. ]
But I wonder if that power wouldn't have become your entire world.