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[onlyforgiveness]

[ Dion, Greagor bless him, can only watch and wonder where Jill's gone in that thoughtful pause. He has to chuckle because surely, whomever Jill is thinking of, it's not someone Dion is also friendly with. The city's far too big. ]

Pray, do not keep a man in suspense.

[noburden]

Are you friends with Astarion?

[She asks with a raised brow. She suspects she knows the answer.]

[onlyforgiveness]

[ Dion, all too tellingly, goes still. So much so that Eidunn's head pivots, fixing on the dragoon and giving a questioning chirp. The sound snaps him out of it, his shoulders straightening that much more and his smile struggling not to stray into horrified embarrassment. ]

...what a curious coincidence. I was unaware he was a tailor.

[noburden]

[Jill is equally as still. Does the camera catch the blooming blush on her face?

Not again.

She gives up and drops her face into her her hands. At least her shoulders are shaking with laughter...]

[onlyforgiveness]

[ For a moment he's afraid that she's hiding her face to hide the tears or even anger--but the laughter is a relief, even if he's still deeply chagrined. ]

Ah...well, that seems to have solved the mystery...

[ Dion shifts, reaching up and rubbing the back of his neck, even if it means earning another peep of annoyance from Eidunn. ]

[noburden]

[Her face is still heated, but she's doing her best to not be weird about this. This is fine! Nothing to be weird about.]

He must have had some opinions about your jacket. He took care in his work. So, that leads me to believe he has a high opinion of you.

[As he should!!!]

[onlyforgiveness]

And yet he took such pains to hide his involvement.

[ Though it can't be anyone other than Astarion, he's sure...unless Jack's developed a hidden skill for needlework and hasn't told him.

At least he can also avoid feeling weird about it as long as Jill does... ]

It would not do to embarrass him.

[noburden]

Oh, feel free to tell him you asked if I was the one with the thoughtful idea, and that I sold him out.

[This is cute. Astarion deserves a little embarrassment, sometimes.]

Or worse, tell him I took credit for it and see how quickly he confesses.

[onlyforgiveness]

[ That, finally, gets the first full laugh out of Dion. It's good to see that the prince isn't the only one Jill bullies. ]

The latter may be the only sure way to pry one out of him!

[noburden]

I think you should do it then, don't you?

[She sounds so innocent.]

[onlyforgiveness]

[ He knows that tone, far too sweet and far too kind. He'd be worried for Astarion if he didn't know the man's wit to be sharper than his teeth. ]

I believe I will. And of course you'll be the first to know how it went in exacting detail.

[noburden]

I can't wait. I hope he confronts me about it.