Gale, making every chaotic good choice in the book whereas Astarion was fueled by personal gain. The good of the many for Gale, whereas Astarion operated at the good of himself; it was a bit of a conundrum. The tea was sipped and he closed his eyes. "I know I should be the one to apologize because he likely will not do it himself."

As if Astarion would apologize for anything, but there was a part of Gale that did not want to be the one to make all the sacrifices and of course it did seem like it tied to this situation but also to something deeper. He'd been forced to make so many sacrifices of pride and such for simply existing. "Yes, our story is complicated. We have tadpoles in our brain you see, and that makes turning into Mindflayers an inevitability- so the situations back home is just as complicated as it is here."