[Oh, hitting the wall hard with his shoulder, jostling his jaw, enough to make him see stars is well worth being free. There is nothing that Astarion holds in higher regard, especially if the alternate meant being lost to his shadow.
Still, he lets out a noise of shock, and instinctively reaches out to grip Gale by the arm, holding on tight.]
My shadow, did it-?!
[Is it still there, being a menace, he means. Trying to pull him back into some unknown abyss again. But, even as he begins to bark out the words, his shadow crawls along the ground and attached itself... properly to Astarion. In the correct shadow way. Acting very normal.]
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Still, he lets out a noise of shock, and instinctively reaches out to grip Gale by the arm, holding on tight.]
My shadow, did it-?!
[Is it still there, being a menace, he means. Trying to pull him back into some unknown abyss again. But, even as he begins to bark out the words, his shadow crawls along the ground and attached itself... properly to Astarion. In the correct shadow way. Acting very normal.]