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"Karlach is saying something, her laugh echoing in the communal bedroom on the first floor but Astarion can't make out the words through the buzzing in his ears.And that's when he sees her.Silver hair spilling out messily over the ribbon tying it at the back of her neck. The shirt she's had for a better part of a decade, that he mended himself in exchange for a book snatched from one of the trunks in this very room. Shoulders hunched over, like she's bracing for a blow. Glowing red eyes, widening in shock and fear as she turns towards the commotion on the stairs.Dalyria."Late night talks, family reunions, the power of friendship.