Halsin/Banter

Template:CompanionTab A collection of Halsin's remarks and overhead conversations with other characters.

Remarks

Selected

• Hmm?
• What comes now?
• Yes?
• I am ready.
• Oak Father, watch over your servant.
• Whatever shall it be?
• What comes next?
• I am ready, whatever may come.
• There is much to do.
• What shall it be?
• I am prepared.
• I am here.
• Silvanus' blessings.
• What is needed?
• Oak Father's blessings.
• Shall we continue?
• Speak to me.
• The Oak Father's work is never done.

Selected (in combat)

• We shall carry the day.
• Nature shall be defended, at any cost.
• Let our enemies' corpses nourish the ground.
• Oak Father, harden my heart.
• None can withstand nature's wrath.
• Silvanus, guide my blows.
• Unleash me.
• Let us see the battle won.
• The scent of blood is in the air.
• Enemies afoot.
• I am ready.
• Nature's fury shall not be checked.
• I shall not yield.
• Whatever may come, I stand ready.
• Enemies abound.
• Oak Father, shield your servant.
• We shall prevail.
• Let none stand in our way.

Selected (sneaking)

• Yes?
• Low and quiet.
• What comes next?
• May nature cloak me.
• I am ready.
• I must whisper.
• What is it?
• To work.
• The Oak Father's work is never-ending.
• I am prepared.
• Unseen, and ready.
• Gently does it.
• Oak Father, guide me.
• Mmm-hmm?
• I am stooped, but ready.
• Need to keep quiet.
• What is to be done?

Selection spam

• What I would not give for a chunk of fresh honeycomb...
• Such attention... I never realised I was so popular.
• Are you feeling lonely, perhaps?
• Unwise, perhaps, to poke a bear this much...

Selection spam (in combat)

• Battle is afoot - you can poke me once we are safe.
• Perhaps try attacking the enemy?
• Admirable stamina, yet terrible priorities.
• You are insistent, are you not?

Selection spam (sneaking)

• Most consider it unwise to poke a bear.
• My, you are eager, are you not?
• Please. I am trying to be stealthy.
• Calm yourself. There is plenty of me to go around.

Moving

• Very well.
• On my way.
• Yes.
• Off I go.
• I shall move there.
• Over there? So be it.
• So be it.
• One moment.
• Making my way.
• The very spot.
• Over there? Of course.
• Oak Father, guide my step.
• Moving.
• It shall be so.
• I shall go.
• There I shall be.
• Over I go.
• Better move.
• I see.
• At once.
• Here I go.
• Time to move.
• Right away.
• If that is where I am needed.

Moving (in combat)

• That is where I am needed.
• Moving.
• Silvanus, guide my step.
• Yes.
• On my way.
• Right away.
• Cannot give up now.
• Moving to position.
• I cannot falter.
• Must keep going.
• Oak Father, guide me.
• I see. At once.
• With haste.
• I must not stop.
• On the move.
• I must reach there.
• There.
• No time to spare.

Moving (sneaking)

• Gently does it...
• There? Very well.
• There? Of course.
• Low and quiet.
• At once.
• I must get into position.
• I see. It shall be done.
• Over I go.
• I must be light of step.
• I need to get there - unseen.
• Yes.
• Time to move.

Hiding

• Stealth is in order.
• Oak Father, let me go unnoticed.
• Quite a bulk to conceal...
• I shall avoid every gaze.
• May I be unseen, like nature's smallest creatures.
• Time to conceal myself.
• Unseen. Nature shields me.
• I must hide.
• I must be as the snake - low and quiet.
• Down I go...
• Oak Father, avert all eyes from me...
• Let none see me.

Hiding (in combat)

• Oak Father, guide my hand.
• All shall fall before nature's fury.
• Let stealth be my weapon.
• The worms shall feast on nature's foes.
• I shall die before I yield.
• I shall prevail.
• I must protect the Oak Father's realm.
• I shall see this battle won.
• Oak Father, I fight for you.
• Nature's strength lies within me.
• I shall not relent.
• Let nature's enemies lie broken.

At low health

• The life is ebbing out of me. I need aid.
• I am close to my limit.
• I will perish without aid.

Can't fit in a small hole

• Optimistic, to think I can fit through there.

Can't fit in a tiny hole

• There is simply no chance. I am far too large.

Can't use an item

• This is not the right moment.

Can't use an item while in combat

• Hardly the time for this.
• I cannot allow this to distract me - not now.
• I must leave this, for now.
• Better wait until a safer moment.

Finding a locked item

• Locked. The means to open it may be nearby.
• I cannot open this. Better look around.
• Locked. I need to look elsewhere.
• No use. This must be unlocked from elsewhere.

Looking at an astrolabe

• Imagine all that lies beyond the stars... even I feel small, in comparison.

Looking into a mirror

• A touch weary, perhaps.
• More like my father, with each passing day.
• Not bad, for a druid of my vintage.

Looking into a telescope

• What can I spy?

Surprised by mimic

• Another mimic. Damnable things.
• A mimic - hidden in plain sight.

After a Short Rest

• A welcome rest.
• Most refreshing.
• I needed that.
• A short respite, but better than nothing.

Location Remarks

Act Two

Act 2 Spoilers! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.

Act Three

Act 3 Spoilers! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.

Party Banter

Halsin and Astarion

• Halsin: What do you know of Umberlee, Astarion?
• Astarion: Oh, lots. Rhymes with 'under-sea' for one thing. Fitting, eh?
• Halsin: I... I suppose it is, yes. But perhaps do not refer to her as such - she is a vengeful, capricious goddess. Who knows what may cause her ire.
• Astarion: But she's fine with 'the Bitch Queen'? Give her some credit, Halsin.

---

(If the player is romancing Halsin in act 3)

• Astarion: I hear things got wild between you two. I hope no one was too badly mauled.
• Halsin: We're all in one piece. Perhaps you'll join us next time.
• Astarion: It's bad enough having one person with fangs trying to keep control of themselves. Two of us could be dangerous.

---

(If the player is romancing Astarion, and Astarion stayed a spawn)

• Halsin: Astarion, I am astonished. To relish in intimacy again after such hardship is a wound many never recover from.
• Astarion: Are you charging for this sage advice, or is sticking your nose into my business just a hobby?
• Halsin: Jest all you will. I believe now in your honest heart.

---

(If the player is romancing Astarion, and Astarion became an ascendant)

• Halsin: To give oneself wholly, and to have a lover totally in your thrall...? A harmless game, until it becomes real. I worry for the two of you, Astarion.
• Halsin: For your sake, I hope some of it is just a fantasy, deep in your heart.
• Astarion: Must you take everything so seriously? We're both happy with our arrangement - that's all that matters.

Halsin and Gale

(At Last Light Inn)

• Halsin: Last Light Inn - hearth aglow and lanterns lit, just like a hundred years ago!
• Gale: I imagine the vista was more idyllic back then. As were its patrons' chances of surviving the walk home.
• Halsin: Still though, when you are expecting nothing but desolation, even a small glimmer of hope fills the heart.

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(At an abandoned house in Shadow-Cursed Lands)

• Gale: Home and hearth, reduced to ruins. The shadow curse stole more than the light from this place.
• Halsin: That is why it must be stopped. Imagine, a whole century of life and love, denied the chance to ever take place.
• Halsin: Whole generations were denied their chance to flourish. I must put this right, for them.

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(At Reithwin Town)

• Halsin: To think, long ago, the druids feared this market town would grow into a city, and threaten nature's realm... little did we realise what the true threat was.
• Gale: Divination is a skill few can master. The rest of us must simply muddle along, content to view the past with a clarity the future rarely offers.
• Halsin: Perhaps I can yet turn hindsight into foresight - provided the curse is lifted. A better way for all.

---

(At Grand Mausoleum)

• Halsin: I never favoured tombs - nothing but vanity. Upon death, mortal remains should be returned to nature, to nourish and replenish itself.
• Halsin: To seal away that which a person no longer needs is to lessen the Oak Father's bounty for all.
• Gale: I'm not sure Ketheric Thorm would prove the most bounteous of bodies...
• Halsin: Yes, you are right. He is one sort I would rather seal away forever, to prevent his rot from causing any further harm.

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(At Wyrm's Rock Fortress)

• Halsin: Brickwork and stonework - this place is far out of balance with nature. But the Oak Father will reclaim this all, eventually.
• Gale: Not too soon, I hope. I've a craving for a soft bed, a hot bath and a large glass of Arabellan Dry - none of which I've ever found hidden under a log.
• Halsin: You may thrive, but what of other life? A city is no place for wild creatures.
• Gale: City's teem with life. Rats, pigeons, flies - they count no less, for all their more pestilent qualities.

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(If the player is romancing Halsin in act 3)

• Gale: Wildshaping must sprinkle some spice on your love life, Halsin.
• Halsin: Indeed it does. Did you never experience such delights with Mystra?
• Halsin: I hear the gods enjoy taking on the form of swans, horses, eagles and the like when visiting with mortals.
• Gale: Oh no. Quite the opposite, actually. She mostly preferred our interactions to be abstract and incorporeal. Most invigorating.

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(If the player is romancing Gale; after act 3 romance scene)

• Gale: Halsin, you must have accumulated considerable wisdom on matters of the heart in your long life.
• Gale: Anything you'd like to pass on to a strapping, love-struck wizard such as myself?
• Halsin: Dispensing advice on matters of the heart would be like swapping boots - what suits me may be a poor fit for you.
• Gale: Ah. Well, there's no faulting that logic. At least you didn't tell me to 'be myself'.
• Halsin: Oh no, perish the thought. That can be outright cruel advice to offer in certain cases.

Halsin and Karlach

(At Ruined Battlefield)

• Karlach: I can almost reconstruct this battle in my mind. Unfortunately.
• Halsin: At least you were not present. Grim as it is now, it was worse on the day of the battle. A vivid wound upon my memory.
• Karlach: Tsk. Poor man.
• Halsin: I was lucky - I lived, when so many did not. It would take me a day and a night to recite the names of all the friends I lost.

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(At Last Light Inn Graveyard)

• Karlach: Well, well. Who's buried here?
• Halsin: Flaming Fists, Harpers, refugees, perhaps... The shadow curse has indiscriminate taste in victims.
• Karlach: May they rest in peace.
• Halsin: Peace and rest are strangers in these lands, until the shadows are banished.

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(At Last Light Inn, if it's cursed)

• Halsin: All gone... devoured by the shadows. Oak Father preserve us, it's just like a hundred years ago.
• Karlach: Stay strong, bear man. We're still here.
• Halsin: We are. Yet there is a burden to being the survivor... the witness to others' tragedies. It only grows heavier with time.

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(At Mason's Guild)

• Halsin: I knew one of Reithwin's head masons. She was a good woman, and strong as an ox.
• Karlach: Really? Are strong women your type, Halsin?
• Halsin: I don't discriminate against any type.
• Karlach: Truly a bear man of the people.

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(At Moonrise Towers)

• Halsin: This fortress was a seat of the High Heralds, I believe. Long gone from here, of course.
• Karlach: The who now?
• Halsin: A council of intellectuals, respected throughout Faerûn - leading authorities on heraldry of course, but also history, genealogy, and diplomacy.
• Karlach: Seems like diplomacy failed, if they allowed Ketheric Thorm to take over - twice.

---

(At Moonrise Towers Throne Room)

(If the shadowcurse hasn't been lifted)

• Halsin: I can only hope we still find time to vanquish the curse. I can think of little else.
• Karlach: You can talk of little else too.
• Halsin: I make no apologies for knowing what is important to me.

(If the shadowcurse has been lifted)

• Halsin: We have lifted the shadow curse, but a new challenge awaits us.
• Karlach: Baldur's Gate - we can't get there soon enough.
• Halsin: I am... less anxious to find myself in a city. So removed from nature's power - I do not know how I will fare.
• Karlach: Stick with me. I'll show you around and square up if anyone bothers you.

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(While assaulting Moonrise Towers)

• Karlach: Take no prisoners.
• Halsin: I doubt many will seek to surrender. But if they do... mercu costs us nothing, Karlach.
• Karlach: Nothing but the win.

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(At The Lodge)

• Halsin: There is an admirable harmony to the Society of Brilliance. Beings of all sorts, united in the pursuit of intellect...
• Karlach: The pursuit of intellect. Fun.
• Halsin: Hailing from the Underdark can dampen one's sense of fun, I will admit. Down there, noises such as laughter tend to attract predators.
• Karlach: Sounds like a place I used to know...

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(At The Blushing Mermaid)

• Halsin: You and I may struggle to go unnoticed in such environs, Karlach.
• Karlach: True enough. Hard to hide pretty under a bushel.
• Halsin: I meant more in terms of size. Folk of our stature can be a lure for drunkards seeking a brawl, I have found.
• Karlach: Ooh! Fun.

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(At Guildhall)

• Karlach: I smell a fight brewing.
• Halsin: Then let it brew. Some radical thinkers claim that peace is a valid option, you know.
• Karlach: And miss a good barroom brawl? Not me, sir.

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(At Sorcerous Sundries)

• Halsin: This place reminds me of a magpie's nest. Random baubles, doodahs, and what-have-yous, all jumbled together without a care.
• Karlach: Fun, right? Who knows what you could find.
• Halsin: Danger, going by past experience. A cursed tome. An unstable spell. A haunted poppet...
• Karlach: Haunted poppet, haunted poppet.

---

(At Morphic Pool)

• Halsin: I cannot help but feel that destiny is tightening its grip on our forward path.
• Karlach: Win or lose, we're nearly there, right?
• Halsin: Indeed. But I just wanted to take the chance to say - it has been a pleasure, Karlach.
• Karlach: The feeling's highly mutual, bear man.

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(If the player is romancing Halsin in act 3)

• Karlach: You're old as sin, right Halsin? You must have lots of good stories.
• Halsin: A few. But people always warm to the most salacious chapters.
• Halsin: They forget how much I study, meditate, and as a bear - hibernate. I must have spent a hundred years or more asleep.
• Karlach: Sleep and adventure. Maybe I'll come back as a bear in some future life.

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(If the player is romancing Karlach; after act 3 romance scene)

• Halsin: Nature affords us few greater powers of healing than what love can provide, Karlach.
• Halsin: I was concerned that your pursuit of a cure might cloud your final days. I am glad I was wrong.
• Karlach: Me too. Even with so much at stake... in this little heart of mine, I've never been happier.

Halsin and Lae'zel

(At The Counting House)

• Halsin: Such hoarding of wealth. A tomb for riches that could be put to better use.
• Lae'zel: I've heard the same said of bears - the kind you take the shape of. They hoard, gorge, and hibernate through hard times.
• Halsin: True... but only until the thaw, then life goes on. This gold may never see daylight again, while others go cold and hungry.

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(If the player is romancing Halsin in act 3)

• Lae'zel: You've quite the appetite, Halsin. I'd wager you've bedded more of your foes than you've felled.
• Halsin: Hmm. A challenging sum. The chimera has three heads... but does it still count as one?
• Lae'zel: Must have been a challenging kill.
• Halsin: Kill... yes.

Halsin and Shadowheart

(In Shadow-Cursed Lands)

• Halsin: Once, you could hear nature's symphony in this place. Now it is quiet. Quiet and dead.
• Shadowheart: I can make some animal noises, if it'll make you feel more at home.
• Halsin: You bleat well enough as it is.

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(At Shadow-Cursed Lands Forest)

(If Shadowheart is still loyal to Shar)

• Shadowheart: Chin up, Halsin. I know you don't favour Lady Shar's darkness, but look - trees!
• Halsin: I will not be taunted in this place - not after all it has taken from me. Show respect, or you will force my hand.
• Shadowheart: Is that so? It's quite a hand...

(If Shadowheart no longer loyal to Shar)

• Shadowheart: Halsin... were there ever wolves in these woods?
• Halsin: Once, certainly. But not for a hundred years. Any that still prowl this land can scarcely be called wolves any longer.
• Shadowheart: I see... a hundred years is too far back, for what I had in mind. No matter.

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(At Grand Mausoleum)

• Shadowheart: So this is where you interred Ketheric Thorm, Halsin? Couldn't you have done a little more to prevent his return...?
• Halsin: We did the best we could, under dire circumstances. You would suggest otherwise?
• Shadowheart: All I'm saying is that it's more difficult to come back from the dead if you were chopped up and had the pieces delivered to different corners of the realm.

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(At Gauntlet of Shar)

(If Shadowheart is still loyal to Shar)

• Halsin: Shar's armies of destruction arose from within these halls.
• Shadowheart: Those who do not listen to the reason of Lady Shar words must instead feel the keenness of her blade.
• Halsin: You sound like a student - reciting words for a test without considering their meaning.
• Shadowheart: I've considered them plenty. Besides, Lady Shar favours action over words. Try it out, sometime.

(If Shadowheart no longer loyal to Shar)

• Halsin: I daresay you are no longer comfortable in this place, Shadowheart.
• Shadowheart: That's an understatement if I ever heard one.
• Halsin: True. But you are among friends. Whatever lies ahead, we shall face it together.
• Shadowheart: Thank you.

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(While assaulting Moonrise Towers)

(If Shadowheart is still loyal to Shar)

• Shadowheart: Odd that you're fighting Ketheric Thorm again, only this time with a warrior of Lady Shar at your side.
• Halsin: They say that history does not repeat, but it does rhyme, now and again. This is a rather unharmonious example.
• Shadowheart: Indeed. 'Shadowheart and Halsin, Sharran and Bear. Who would have dreamt of an alliance so rare'.
• Halsin: Like I said - unharmonious.

(If Shadowheart no longer loyal to Shar)

• Shadowheart: Second time's a charm, eh, Halsin? Let's make sure Ketheric Thorm is gone for good this time.
• Halsin: Indeed. Though I wondered if you might have some empathy for him... both being former disciples of Shar.
• Shadowheart: Hardly - he's merely one more obstacle - and a killable one, now that Nightsong is free.

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(At Mind Flayer Colony)

• Shadowheart: This place is like some moist, unappealing maze. Can your nose guide us, Halsin?
• Halsin: I fear not. The vapours in this alien cloaca are most bizarre.
• Shadowheart: Cloaca...? You could have just said tunnels, you know. I'm nauseous enough as it is.

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(At Steel Watch Foundry)

• Halsin: The birthing ground of those steel monstrosities. I would feel little sorrow if this place should close forever.
• Shadowheart: Oh come on, you have to be at least a little impressed by the craftsmanship. There's only so much you can do with wood.
• Halsin: Not so, in my experience. There is little I cannot whittle.
• Shadowheart: Did you do that on purpose...?

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(If the player is romancing Halsin in act 3)

• Shadowheart: Halsin, if I were a druid, what animal do you think I'd be?
• Halsin: Given your memory issues, perhaps a goldfish?
• Shadowheart: I'd hoped for something a bit more exotic... but would you carry around my fish bowl, feed me flakes of food?
• Halsin: Only the finest, of course.

---

(If the player is romancing Shadowheart, and Shadowheart chose Selune)

• Halsin: I heard you learnt how to swim, Shadowheart - well done.
• Halsin: You know, if you and your love ever wish to enjoy the waters with me, I could attempt a kelpie... or even a porpoise.
• Shadowheart: Depends, are you buoyant? I may need a life preserver if I get in over my head.

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(If the player is romancing Shadowheart, and Shadowheart chose Shar)

• Halsin: I heard what took place at Selûne's shrine, Shadowheart. Was such defilement truly necessary?
• Shadowheart: Lady Shar demanded an offering, and I provided. Are you truly that scandalised, Halsin?
• Halsin: More disappointed, I would say.
• Shadowheart: Sounds like jealousy, to me. I couldn't risk your wild side getting too excited at the scent of blood...

Halsin and Wyll

(At Ruined Battlefield)

• Wyll: My boyhood texts claimed bodies from this battle drifted downriver for a week.
• Halsin: Many who deserved an honourable burial had to be abandoned. The shadow curse inspired great haste.
• Wyll: That's right - you were there, weren't you?
• Halsin: I was. Part of my spirit was shorn away from me here, and never left.

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(At Last Light Inn - Cellar Shrine)

• Halsin: A shrine of Selûne, tucked away like an unsprouted seed.
• Wyll: Another nature metaphor? I admire your consistency, Halsin.
• Halsin: When you care about something deeply enough, it consumes every thought and word.

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(At The Waning Moon)

• Halsin: The scent of hops and barley is most persistent here, even after all this time.
• Wyll: Enough to make me thirsty, even. I've always preferred wine to whiskey and ale, but I certainly wouldn't turn away a full flagon right about now.
• Halsin: After the shadow curse, I became overly fond of honey mead and melancholy evenings by myself. Now I rarely imbibe - only on the most special of occasions.
• Wyll: I say we put an end to your dry spell. Once Ketheric falls, the first round's on me.

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(At Grand Mausoleum)

• Wyll: No signs of life - but the spirits of the past still linger here.
• Halsin: Do I note some trepidation? Spirits are but echoes of nature's cycle. Most give no cause to elicit fear... most, but not all.
• Wyll: When I was very young, father told me the dear ones we lose are quiet - but ever watchful.
• Wyll: I think he meant to comfort me. But I shivered for weeks, thinking I was being hounded by wide-eyed spirits.

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(At Gauntlet of Shar)

• Wyll: The statuary in here is so triumphal. Even the worst of us can see ourselves as heroes.
• Halsin: That is a truth that can evade minds far older than yours, Wyll. You are wise beyond your years.
• Wyll: Not wise enough to avoid Sharran sanctums, apparently.

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(At Moonrise Towers Prison)

• Halsin: I am loathe to see anyone behind bars. It reminds me of my time as a guest of the goblins.
• Wyll: That reminds me - how in the Nine Hells could goblins capture a chap as well-muscled as you?
• Halsin: Poor choice of companions, for one thing - gladly rectified, since then.
• Halsin: Besides, a large-enough pack of scavengers can take down even the strongest of bears.

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(At Mind Flayer Colony Tadpoling Centre)

• Halsin: So many unfortunates must have been infected in this place. Imagine the horrors...
• Wyll: I don't need to imagine. I've got the souvenir in my skull to prove it.
• Halsin: Of couse, thoughtless of me, my apologies. But at least you cannot be infected twice... or at least, I hope not.

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(At Philgrave's Mansion)

• Wyll: Father always shooed me away from this place. 'More rats than a Waterdeep dungeon.'
• Halsin: It is most unfair to pour such scorn on rats - they have their place in nature, same as you or I.
• Wyll: And I don't get the sense that my father was being literal.

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(If the player is romancing Halsin in act 3)

• Wyll: Halsin, tell me about the man behind the hulking wall of muscle.
• Wyll: Do you actually do anything besides meditate, counsel, fight, train, and make love?
• Halsin: Is such an existence lacking?
• Wyll: Hm. Good question.

---

(If the player is romancing Wyll; after act 3 romance scene)

• Halsin: Very quick to say 'forever' to your newly betrothed, weren't you, Blade?
• Wyll: Forever could be tomorrow. Better to promise to do your utmost, as long as you have the moments left to share.
• Halsin: Scant few times I've seen youthful partnerships end well, but if anyone was formed to thrive in one, I think it may be you.

Halsin and Jaheira

(At Bloomridge Park)

• Halsin: Ah, a glimpse of nature. Like a sip of water to parched lips, eh, Jaheira?
• Jaheira: Baldurians think all druids to be hay-haired idlers, Halsin. Perhaps we ought not speak of nature - but high art, or politics?
• Halsin: I think on them also. But nothing matches the splendour of an ancient tree.
• Jaheira: It is so. And, should one favour bear-form, that tree in particular makes for excellent back-scratching...

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(If the player is romancing Halsin in act 3)

• Jaheira: Archdruid. You appear to gather a rather fanatic following wherever you go. A noble thing, to serve nature so tirelessly.
• Halsin: I welcome all of nature's blessings, whether they come to me one at a time, or in multitudes. There is no shame in it.
• Jaheira: Consider me put in my place. Clearly, I have been spending too much time among the city-folk.

Halsin and Minsc

(At Baldur's Mouth)

• Minsc: See, Boo? They have made their repairs. The owner once used Boo to mop up her ale, and she and Minsc had a discussion on the matter.
• Halsin: Trouble seems to seek you out, Minsc. I know the feeling - the larger you are, the more likely someone wishes to test themselves against you.
• Minsc: Minsc sometimes wishes he was small as Boo - so that he might sit and listen to the storytellers in peace.
• Halsin: Perhaps you should study the druidic arts - with wildshape, you could make yourself as diminutive as you please. Smaller than Boo, even.
• Minsc: Oh. OHOHOHO.

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(At Felogyr's Fireworks)

• Minsc: Bah. Boo says the many colours remind him of home, but Minsc has never enjoyed these fireworks.
• Halsin: They may have their purposes. You could cast fireballs of sorts, without having to spend years studying magic tomes.
• Minsc: ...Archdruid. You are as formidable in mind as you are in muscle.
• Minsc: Gather the sparking sticks, Boo! With sword in one hand and these in the other, we need truck with wizards no more!

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(If the player is romancing Halsin in act 3)

• Minsc: Boo has been speaking to a certain squirrel-friend who frequents our camp, Halsin.
• Minsc: He was turned from a red squirrel to a grey, all by one shocking sight. Minsc thinks you owe him an apology.
• Halsin: Apologise for partaking in one of nature's most solemn rites? That squirrel should be glad to bear witness.
• Minsc: ...No, Boo, I do not know what this has to do with the bears...