[ Astarion's nose wrinkles right back, albeit for a different reason. ]
Ugh. There was nothing 'carnal' about that.
[ No more carnal than the goblins he drank from near the Grove, and those wretched little things did nothing to inflame his lusts. It was killing, plain and simple, a way of trying to fill the yawning void inside of him. It had felt unbearably big that night, and he'd longed for nothing more than to stop wanting. Of course, filling the hole that way hadn't made it go away. It had only made it hungrier.
It's different with Iorveth. Not sexual, exactly—although a few more invitations to indulge while fooling around and it might be—but surely intimate. Like having someone see the monstrous thing he is and decide to care for it. His vampirism is hardly a point of pride, not when it's such a stark reminder of just how permanently Cazador changed him, but it feels more tolerable with Iorveth's freely given blood in his mouth.
He knocks their shoulders together, smiling roguishly. ]
You're the only one I want to do depraved things to.
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Ugh. There was nothing 'carnal' about that.
[ No more carnal than the goblins he drank from near the Grove, and those wretched little things did nothing to inflame his lusts. It was killing, plain and simple, a way of trying to fill the yawning void inside of him. It had felt unbearably big that night, and he'd longed for nothing more than to stop wanting. Of course, filling the hole that way hadn't made it go away. It had only made it hungrier.
It's different with Iorveth. Not sexual, exactly—although a few more invitations to indulge while fooling around and it might be—but surely intimate. Like having someone see the monstrous thing he is and decide to care for it. His vampirism is hardly a point of pride, not when it's such a stark reminder of just how permanently Cazador changed him, but it feels more tolerable with Iorveth's freely given blood in his mouth.
He knocks their shoulders together, smiling roguishly. ]
You're the only one I want to do depraved things to.