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Gale and the Gith: Chapter Two - Midday

X'aa'nath becomes increasingly distracted by the wizard.

“Tell me Lae’zel, what is it like on the Astral Plane? Your home realm intrigues me.”

“Githyanki lay their eggs on other Planes. They cannot mature in the Astral.”

I frown, my eyes flickering between the wizard and my kin. In that moment I cannot decide who I’m more annoyed with; my kin for revealing our people’s secrets to a human, or the wizard for asking her instead of me. I shake my head.

Why should I care who he asks? Not that kin would even know, really, as she's not obtained a mindflayer's head yet.

“Tadpole bothering you?” Karlach asks, plopping down beside me.

I shake my head again, taking another bite of my strip of dried meat, nearly retching at the tough texture and overly salty taste. I sneer down at the offending piece of meat, forcing myself to swallow. I glare over at Karlach for good measure, for it had only been at her insistence that we stop for ‘lunch’, and partake in this paltry offering of food, purchased from the local spellcasters. The wizard called them druids, but from all I’ve observed their weak magic is only able to influence the native flora and some fauna.

Poor warriors. Using their magic to hold a defensive position and seal themselves away from the world.

I huff, ripping off another bite of the disgusting meat.

“Tell me Gale, what is your interest in the Astral Plane?”

I flick my attention back to the human and my kin, oddly eager to hear his answer. Karlach chuckles softly, gently nudging me with her elbow. “I see now. Interested in getting a peek beneath Gale’s robes, huh?”

Shocked, I suck in a deep breath of air, choking on the bite of food in my mouth. Spluttering and coughing, tears rapidly fill my eyes as I desperately try to inhale some air. A warm hand rubs circles on my back, and a low, soothing voice in my ear eases some of my panic and I’m gradually able take in small gulps of air until I've calmed completely.

Gale’s large hands land on my shoulders, holding me steady. “Are you quite alright, X’aa’nath?”

I sway forward slightly, drawn by the soft, warm brown of his eyes. So different from the eyes of my kin, or any of the other species I’ve seen since arriving in Faerun. Gale’s eyes hold the promise of things I’ve never experienced, never even considered experiencing until pulling this strange wizard from his rock.

Khou’zal did not give his life for you to entertain such thoughts about a human, of all things. Especially when you have more pressing concerns, such as the ghaik tadpole squirming it’s way through your brain.

I shoot to my feet, inadvertently knocking Gale over into the dirt, where he lands on his ass with a small thump. I dart towards my kin, towards familiarity and structure, away from Gale and all of the uncomfortable feelings he creates within me.

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“You alright, Gale?” Karlach asks, hauling him to his feet, trying to hide her smile.

“Just a slightly bruised posterior,” he answers easily, brushing the dirt from his robes. “Thank you, Karlach. Though I am a mite confused at our companion’s reaction to my sudden proximity.”

Astarion cackles from where he lounges beneath a tree alongside Shadowheart.

“Something amusing, Astarion?” Gale asks, scowling at the pale elf.

“Don’t pout, darling. You’ll give yourself more wrinkles,” Astarion airily replies. “Let’s just say I’m interested in how things are going to develop. Very interested indeed.”

Karlach bites back a smile at Gale’s befuddled look. The elf is right. Their little group of misfits is about to get even more interesting.

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