[Okay Astarion was expecting drunken ramblings but not this level of emotionally honest drunken ramblings. Gale can watch as his expression shifts from playful amusement to something more serious, finally landing on a soft eyed awe. He stares at Gale, absolutely dumbstruck. It's true what he said to Gale and he meant every word of it, but for Gale to take words as simple as that and peel away the layers of deception and misdirection and want to truly know Astarion is nothing he'd ever even conceived of wanting.
But now that Gale's said it, put words to that desire, he can't imagine wanting anything else. To be understood at the depth that Gale wishes to understand him. To be seen for all that he is and for that still to inspire a look of awe in the one who sees it.
He blinks, his vision suddenly hazy and misty with emotion. He speaks, his voice a quiet and fragile thing.]
You are so incredible. Truly, there is no one else like you in this world.
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But now that Gale's said it, put words to that desire, he can't imagine wanting anything else. To be understood at the depth that Gale wishes to understand him. To be seen for all that he is and for that still to inspire a look of awe in the one who sees it.
He blinks, his vision suddenly hazy and misty with emotion. He speaks, his voice a quiet and fragile thing.]
You are so incredible. Truly, there is no one else like you in this world.