She doesn't find herself alone by the fire for long. While some of the others have chosen to keep to themselves— Shadowheart in her distant corner of the camp, Lae'zel clear across it and sharpening the edges of her blade as she anxiously watches the others, Astarion helping himself to one of the bottles of wine they had uncovered earlier that day— Gale approaches the fire that's been lit with a full sack in one hand and a questionable-looking pot in the other, salvaged from the temple they had rummaged their way through earlier on.
He casts a glance in Dorothea's direction before he drops the bag beside one of the logs that had been set near the fire to serve as a seat, offering her a wry and weary but hopeful smile.
"Do you mind if I join you? I thought I might make us something to eat. I think I can put something halfway decent together with some of what we found in our travels."
It's a relief not to be alone, if she's honest. Out of all her companions, Gale is the one who makes her feel the most comfortable with his familiar presence, though she wouldn't admit that to him after having professed not to know him back by the nautiloid. It would be embarrassing to have to walk that back now, especially if she had to explain shy she'd say such a thing in the first place, and her day has been demoralizing enough without having to rehash her teenage infatuations.
That being said, she's long past that now. They can talk and act as peers, can't they? And yet there are some things magic alone can't accomplish.
"I can help you, if you like. Although I've been told that my cooking is... somewhat lackluster, I can chop ingredients just fine. What do you say?"
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He casts a glance in Dorothea's direction before he drops the bag beside one of the logs that had been set near the fire to serve as a seat, offering her a wry and weary but hopeful smile.
"Do you mind if I join you? I thought I might make us something to eat. I think I can put something halfway decent together with some of what we found in our travels."
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That being said, she's long past that now. They can talk and act as peers, can't they? And yet there are some things magic alone can't accomplish.
"I can help you, if you like. Although I've been told that my cooking is... somewhat lackluster, I can chop ingredients just fine. What do you say?"