[Though relieved to hear Gale isn't to blame, Morena scrutinizes Astarion another moment, clearly trying to read him; she's much better at it than Gale, but even she's no mind-reader.]
An old flame? Or family you've not seen in a long time?
[The notion Lena might remind him of someone he's fed from in his years as a bloodsucker does cross her mind, but she's too kind to address it. She doesn't know much of Astarion's past — Gale is equally unwilling to speak of it — but she knows it's not something he's proud of.]
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An old flame? Or family you've not seen in a long time?
[The notion Lena might remind him of someone he's fed from in his years as a bloodsucker does cross her mind, but she's too kind to address it. She doesn't know much of Astarion's past — Gale is equally unwilling to speak of it — but she knows it's not something he's proud of.]