[ Gale gave Astarion the side-eye, his gasoline-like eyes sparkling with a bit of merriment though he had to still his chuckle even as he found a page sticking in some brush, on it was cast the spell "Crown of Madness" which he promptly handed to Astarion. ] Myself and crowns have a very storied and tumultuous path together so I think you can hold this, but do not read it, please do not read it. [ That was after all how the whole yawning void chasm got started to begin with, because Gale had to read the words.. on the paper-- that made the woosh and the brrr ]

[ Though an aside. ] So if you become a milkmaid, am I allowed to call you Little Bo Poke? [ You know, for those fangs.. harharharhar. Gale was definitely going to be murdered in his sleep, if not by Astarion then likely by someone else with even less of a sense of humor to speak of. ]