Maybe, but it's not Riftwatch's problem to deal with.
[Ellie goes quiet then, thinking. Emet-Selch isn't a situation they've talked about, though she knows that Astarion's talked with him before. So has she. He didn't seem like a particularly bad sort, even if she can't say that she knows the whole story.
Then again, Ellie has a history of loving people who aren't good. She isn't particularly good, herself.]
If they locked her up, they'd have to lock me up too.
[The very thought makes her scoff under her breath.]
No one is locking you up. [The edge to his voice— wild and growling— only lasts as long as he makes that promise. Once it’s gone, he sounds exactly as delicate as ever.]
But all hypotheticals aside, do come back safe, won’t you.
[It doesn't scare her. If anything, something swells in her throat, blocking out her breath for the moment.
She doesn't know what to say, how to respond. How to communicate how much his fierceness means to her. She doesn't need him to fight for her, but the fact that he would means so much.
So she just closes her eyes for longer than a blink, looking at the motes of light through her closed eyelids.]
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[Ellie goes quiet then, thinking. Emet-Selch isn't a situation they've talked about, though she knows that Astarion's talked with him before. So has she. He didn't seem like a particularly bad sort, even if she can't say that she knows the whole story.
Then again, Ellie has a history of loving people who aren't good. She isn't particularly good, herself.]
If they locked her up, they'd have to lock me up too.
[The very thought makes her scoff under her breath.]
That's never worked out real well for anybody.
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But all hypotheticals aside, do come back safe, won’t you.
At least not missing any more fingers or toes.
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She doesn't know what to say, how to respond. How to communicate how much his fierceness means to her. She doesn't need him to fight for her, but the fact that he would means so much.
So she just closes her eyes for longer than a blink, looking at the motes of light through her closed eyelids.]
Planning on it.
Good night, Astarion.