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Avatar and Astarion discuss the encounter with the Blood Merchant. She tried to convince Astarion to bite her and he was very much against it.
14. : The way she leered at me... the blood merchant... I can't get it out of my head...ORI_Astarion_CRD_BloodMerchantAftermath
46. : It isn't like me. Not like me at all. I was being too precious, wasn't I? We could have used her potion.MOO_BloodMerchant_State_ConvincedAstarionToDrinkBlood = False
3. : A moment of unpleasantry doesn't matter if there's a fine reward. I should have just gritted my teeth as always and let her have me for a bit.
5. Player: Why has she upset you so much?
33. : There's nothing more desirable in the world than a vampire, is there?
13. : And when you've been through all I have, you damn well are going to fight with what few assets the gods give you.
31. : But... a part of me feels sick when I think about getting on my back for breadcrumbs again.
56. Player: You have so much more than your looks going for you.
15. : I had nothing at all for so long. Not even my body - that was owned by Cazador, to be sent out to tempt fools into his palace.
51. : I have bedded thousands of people. Half of them I barely remember. Most of them didn't even grant me temporary bliss.
48. : It should have been so easy to let the drow use me for her fantasy, but perhaps - you showed me I have enough strength - I don't need to.
54. Player: You aren't a slave now, Astarion, you're free.
40. : I can stop using myself. Stop being used.
6. : It isn't worth the scars, anymore.End
43. Player: And I would never ask you to.
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18. Player: You have a great power over people. You should see it as a strength, not a weakness.
37. : Well... perhaps I should see it that way, after all.
1. : It isn't humiliating to use myself as a weapon. It's degrading that people like her fall for it. Over and over again.
49. : Charm is just another spell we cast.End
52. Player: 'I'm too pretty' is a bit of a sore complaint.
44. : I am too pretty, you're right.
41. Player: Have you even enjoyed having sex, in the last decades?
32. : Enjoyment? That didn't come into it. I never had a choice.
38. Player: Our lives are on the line here. We take every advantage we can get.
23. : I could have lived eternally in Cazador's pleasure chambers. I'm not afraid to die. I'm afraid I'll never have a new life after that.End
62. Player: It makes me sad to hear you talk about yourself like that.
9. : Why? I'm simply trying to be realistic.
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24. Player: This really isn't like you at all.
30. : No, it isn't. Even if I'm free, I can't escape my body, and the truths about it I know:
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8. Player: Well, it's done now. Let's not dwell on it.
12. : Next time, I won't be so stroppy. No point not using all the assets the gods give us.End
22. : I did what I always did. I let her use me. Why does it feel different to all the other times, then?MOO_BloodMerchant_State_ConvincedAstarionToDrinkBlood
10. Player: Is something wrong?
35. : Yes... I think something is wrong.
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11. Player: Oh, Astarion, I'm really sorry for making you do it.
7. : All the promiscuous jibes paint a picture of someone who would relish the deed... You couldn't really have known.
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28. Player: You still chose to do it.
29. : I forced myself to do it.
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55. : I thought it would be nothing at all to sell myself to that drow's fantasies. But the price was higher than I imagined. I don't want to do it again.
42. Player: You can start anew now. Free.
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57. Player: And I won't make you.
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20. Player: You may have to.
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21. Player: You have a great power over people. Don't squander it.
60. Player: You're growing soft - don't let it get to you.
47. : Ugh, I suppose I'll forget it, in time. I always do.End
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2. Player: Because you got to keep the reward, rather than give it to your master?
59. : I'll drink that potion and never think about it again afterwards. But what I had to do to get it is going to stay...
53. Player: Forget about it, it was worth it for the potion.
36. : Was it? I see...
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