[What will he say? Astarion feels a coil of nervous energy in his stomach. He's certain of his ability to charm any woman, but these circumstances are quite different.]

How would one go about introducing one's paramour to their family, hm? Tell her the charming story of how we met. How we were drawn together by aberrant tadpoles. How you absconded with my undergarments and by the hand of circumstances it led you to fall for me.