[ What does that mean? I don’t suspect you of that kind of deception. We’ve seen a great deal of one another’s scars. Meaning, what, that Byerly had provided him with a more valuable sort of collateral? That's certainly not the case: Byerly's disgrace had been a matter of delighted gossip, back when it had happened. Every Fereldan noble above a certain age likely heard of his public shame. So -
So what's his meaning? That the scars make Byerly more trustworthy? That someone who's suffered like that is less likely to hurt Astarion? Maker, would that that were true. By remembers well how utterly his disgrace had turned him vicious and cruel. How calculating and evil he'd become after it all...
But at the same time: he won't hurt Astarion. He knows that he will not betray him. So maybe there's something to Astarion's faith, after all.
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So what's his meaning? That the scars make Byerly more trustworthy? That someone who's suffered like that is less likely to hurt Astarion? Maker, would that that were true. By remembers well how utterly his disgrace had turned him vicious and cruel. How calculating and evil he'd become after it all...
But at the same time: he won't hurt Astarion. He knows that he will not betray him. So maybe there's something to Astarion's faith, after all.
A lighter topic: ]
Thieving, my dear fellow?