A diamond always gives good cock, and conversation, and p— [What would've been the word performances is turned into a scattered cough as Astarion's attempt to sip his sherry with sophistication turns instead into him inhaling its drier vapors. Condensation, too, and it's a good thing the music's started up again because he has to slap his hand against his chest to clear his throat and lungs. Throat burning when he delivers his assessment of:]
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A diamond always gives good cock, and conversation, and p— [What would've been the word performances is turned into a scattered cough as Astarion's attempt to sip his sherry with sophistication turns instead into him inhaling its drier vapors. Condensation, too, and it's a good thing the music's started up again because he has to slap his hand against his chest to clear his throat and lungs. Throat burning when he delivers his assessment of:]
Ugh!!
[It's not sweet at all.]
That's bloody awful.