[How to put this? The explanation itself isn't so awful, but nor does Fenris have any desire to break the tranquil mood that's fallen between them— and explaining Tevinter and her magic-based hierarchy will surely do it.
So start smaller. Talk about something that doesn't send them both back reeling, even if it brushes against old traumas. (And if Astarion hates it, if even this talk is too much, Fenris will make it up to him later, he thinks, and surprises himself with how earnestly true that is.)]
. . . there must be things that remind you of your master. I do not mean the obvious ones, but smaller things: a wine he favored, perhaps, or a phrase he was fond of. Yes?
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[How to put this? The explanation itself isn't so awful, but nor does Fenris have any desire to break the tranquil mood that's fallen between them— and explaining Tevinter and her magic-based hierarchy will surely do it.
So start smaller. Talk about something that doesn't send them both back reeling, even if it brushes against old traumas. (And if Astarion hates it, if even this talk is too much, Fenris will make it up to him later, he thinks, and surprises himself with how earnestly true that is.)]
. . . there must be things that remind you of your master. I do not mean the obvious ones, but smaller things: a wine he favored, perhaps, or a phrase he was fond of. Yes?