[ Sebastian may be regarding him with the casually dehumanizing intensity of a starving man looking at a deer he can hunt, but Iorveth, in turn, is fixing Sebastian with the sort of needlepoint aggression that a wolf would level at an intruder that's tread too far into its territory. Posture leaned forward, hand ready to reach for a weapon.
(Incidentally, it's the same needlepoint aggression he'd leveled at Astarion in their early days of traveling together. Growth.)
If Sebastian registers Iorveth's hostility, he doesn't comment on it. Instead, he replies to Astarion's statement with a rather blasé "you are to blame for everything that I've lost", as if it doesn't even warrant repeating anymore. Tired, but still furious. He adds a "you destroyed me," for good measure.
But that doesn't seem to be his one last word; he seems to grapple with what he wants to say for a few beats, alternating between baring his teeth and frowning, until he manages, slowly: "I need to know. You... you freed yourself first, before any of us. Was it worth it? Is it worth it?" ]
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(Incidentally, it's the same needlepoint aggression he'd leveled at Astarion in their early days of traveling together. Growth.)
If Sebastian registers Iorveth's hostility, he doesn't comment on it. Instead, he replies to Astarion's statement with a rather blasé "you are to blame for everything that I've lost", as if it doesn't even warrant repeating anymore. Tired, but still furious. He adds a "you destroyed me," for good measure.
But that doesn't seem to be his one last word; he seems to grapple with what he wants to say for a few beats, alternating between baring his teeth and frowning, until he manages, slowly: "I need to know. You... you freed yourself first, before any of us. Was it worth it? Is it worth it?" ]