[It's not funny and Leto scoffs out a laugh anyway, for such is their way when it comes to their former masters. Laugh or despair over it, and they have had too much of the latter not to try and cling to the former when they can. Besides: it's good Astarion points it out. Gods know Leto has been thinking about it: returning to Baldur's Gate, and all the inevitable confrontation it might or might not bring. Even if they don't talk about it now (and they won't, for he doesn't want to spoil this joyful reunion), still, it's good to remember it.
But ah, his cowardly puppy . . . Leto makes a rather undignified noise under his breath as he bends down, oorugh, a cooing sort of chiding as he scoops up his jealous pup. She wriggles in his hand, leaping to try and lick at him; pay attention, and he holds her close. Which isn't the same amount of affection he'd offered her sister, and so in the end he simply has to sit on the edge of the bed, letting them both settle in his lap.
Needy little darlings.
But his mind circles back to that joke, and he adds curiously:]
Would you want to live in his estates?
[It's not such an outlandish thought, not when he'd lived in Danarius' mansion for years on end. There's something to be said for free housing. And he asks the question so lightly, knowing what weight it might carry and perfectly ready to shift the topic if it turns sour.]
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But ah, his cowardly puppy . . . Leto makes a rather undignified noise under his breath as he bends down, oorugh, a cooing sort of chiding as he scoops up his jealous pup. She wriggles in his hand, leaping to try and lick at him; pay attention, and he holds her close. Which isn't the same amount of affection he'd offered her sister, and so in the end he simply has to sit on the edge of the bed, letting them both settle in his lap.
Needy little darlings.
But his mind circles back to that joke, and he adds curiously:]
Would you want to live in his estates?
[It's not such an outlandish thought, not when he'd lived in Danarius' mansion for years on end. There's something to be said for free housing. And he asks the question so lightly, knowing what weight it might carry and perfectly ready to shift the topic if it turns sour.]