[His nose wrinkles as he feels the need to clarify.]
I would have been fine, Astarion. Clothing can be replaced, and I can be healed. Getting you back from Cazador before he could hurt you would have been a feat.
[Of course, there are the matters of if the orb would have destabilized upon his death, if Mystra's charm would hold in the event of his throat being ripped out, what would have happened if Shadowheart hadn't been there, etc. Variables he knows good and well he should have considered, but couldn't at that moment.]
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[His nose wrinkles as he feels the need to clarify.]
I would have been fine, Astarion. Clothing can be replaced, and I can be healed. Getting you back from Cazador before he could hurt you would have been a feat.
[Of course, there are the matters of if the orb would have destabilized upon his death, if Mystra's charm would hold in the event of his throat being ripped out, what would have happened if Shadowheart hadn't been there, etc. Variables he knows good and well he should have considered, but couldn't at that moment.]