Stealing something, and turning it against you, Astarion. As the roguish sort yourself, I'd think you - of all people - would understand how dangerous it can be to turn one's own assets against them.

[He sounds like Gale there, right down to the know-it-all tone and tendency to err on the side of caution. Underneath it all is something else, though: the barest thread of annoyance, a single string in a woven net.]