[There's a little resistance to that thought, tension threading through Astarion's shoulders, his grip tightening at Gale's hip. He trusts Gale, but even though he's borne them for two hundred years, the scars are something he prefers to not think on or acknowledge. Their connection to Cazador's ritual has hardly changed that. They're both a mark of shame and ownership as well as a potential tool to seize power and freedom.]
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What—what are you thinking?