[ yeah but he likes this a lot. it's kind of nice to just be comfortably touchy-feely with someone and apparently have astarion seek that out in return. it's a bit of a surprise, but it's nice.

anyway he agrees entirely. having to organize an entire goodbye parade and then go around telling everyone who might possibly have a feeling about it their plan and hear all the arguments for and against it ... a nightmare. ]

I understand. I don't know how much it would have helped, and I don't even know if it is what she would have wanted. To be argued with about why and how and every detail until the last moment.