[The step away means nothing; the man always valued his space, his privacy— and given where Astarion lives (not to mention how he chooses to live within it) it's not as if Astarion can't understand.
But.]
Ahah. Funny. [Flat, that. Warier, too. A tone that's akin to stepping onto thin, half-cracked ice.
He's watching Fenris almost peripherally now, searching for something in the other man's expression. A sign of amusement. A dry flicker of humor. Or meanness. Or—
no subject
But.]
Ahah. Funny. [Flat, that. Warier, too. A tone that's akin to stepping onto thin, half-cracked ice.
He's watching Fenris almost peripherally now, searching for something in the other man's expression. A sign of amusement. A dry flicker of humor. Or meanness. Or—
Anything, really.
Recognition most of all.]
...you...are joking, aren't you.