[It depends on the crowd you come back to, she supposes. And what you come back as. Camille imagines if she returned less pretty and more mangled — maybe even monstrous — the reception might be different. Or if she came back to the Wind Gap crowd. They'd be delighted for the scandal, maybe. A new devil to scorn, more proof that Camille and the Crellin family are on a swift plummet to rock bottom.
But that isn't what happened. Camille may not be thrilled to be back, but these people are ready to have her.
She puts a hand on Laudna's arm. Still heavy hearted, make no mistake. But that doesn't mean she can't see past her own nose.]
You're no monster. [Sure, there's the literal sense. She's undead. As is Astarion. Karlach is something devil-adjacent, Kate is a shadow. Boothill had been 99% robot. Those were material facts.
Not a one of them were cruel. Nor heartless. The monsters she knew came in humbler shapes, malice sitting pretty behind comelier skins.]
[whatever bitterness or anger she felt melts away; it's not as though she actually resents camille for any of this. she just gets so angry when she has to remember all of that.]
...I'm sorry, too. I know it's hard. They didn't give you the ability to have a say in how it happened.
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[It depends on the crowd you come back to, she supposes. And what you come back as. Camille imagines if she returned less pretty and more mangled — maybe even monstrous — the reception might be different. Or if she came back to the Wind Gap crowd. They'd be delighted for the scandal, maybe. A new devil to scorn, more proof that Camille and the Crellin family are on a swift plummet to rock bottom.
But that isn't what happened. Camille may not be thrilled to be back, but these people are ready to have her.
She puts a hand on Laudna's arm. Still heavy hearted, make no mistake. But that doesn't mean she can't see past her own nose.]
You're no monster. [Sure, there's the literal sense. She's undead. As is Astarion. Karlach is something devil-adjacent, Kate is a shadow. Boothill had been 99% robot. Those were material facts.
Not a one of them were cruel. Nor heartless. The monsters she knew came in humbler shapes, malice sitting pretty behind comelier skins.]
I wish you didn't have to do it alone. I'm sorry.
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...I'm sorry, too. I know it's hard. They didn't give you the ability to have a say in how it happened.