It is, of course, likely the correct reaction for most sane people to have when asked personal questions by overly bold strangers. "Oh probably not, no, since I've never heard of either of those places. Strange. I may not have done much traveling in the past..." couple centuries... "...while, but I do have a decent grasp of the geography of Faerun. Perhaps this truly is some other plane of existence then."

That had been Gale's thought at least, and Astarion was willing to admit the Waterdhavian wizard likely knew more about the way strange arcane tricks worked than he would. Speaking of, he nodded at the question. "He is, as a matter of fact. Not sure where he's gotten off to. Gale is distractable." A pause before he adds, "But he is a talented fellow, as wizards go."