i finally got astarion's approval to "fair" instead of "neutral" and i went to say hello to him and he said "hello, my dear :)" for the first time ever. i feel like i just convinced a stray cat to lick my hand after weeks of bribing it with being a dick to strangers
subway rat made eye contact with me and said “join us. when the train comes we slide under the tracks and feel it rumble over us like a warm thunderstorm. we live forever and we love to live” I said no thank you I am too large he turned away from me I cried