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 * I needed that.
 * A short respite, but better than nothing.
+==== Throwing Scratch's ball after his death ====
+* I am sorry, Scratch.
+* I torment myself - Scratch is not going to come.
+* Poor Scratch. I hope he is at peace.
+* I hope you are happy, wherever you are.
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 == Party Banter ==
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 === {{Banter|Astarion}} ===
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+* '''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.
+<hr>
+(''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.
+<hr>
+(''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.
+<hr>
+(''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.
 === {{Banter|Gale}} ===
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+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(''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.
+<hr>
+(''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.
 === {{Banter|Karlach}} ===
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+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(''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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(''While assaulting [[Moonrise Towers]]'')
+* '''Karlach''': Take no prisoners.
+* '''Halsin''': I doubt many will seek to surrender. But if they do... mercy costs us nothing, Karlach.
+* '''Karlach''': Nothing but the win.
+<hr>
+(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...
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(''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.
+<hr>
+(''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.
 === {{Banter|Lae'zel}} ===
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+(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.
+<hr>
+(''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.
 === {{Banter|Shadowheart}} ===
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+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(''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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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...?
+<hr>
+(''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.
+<hr>
+(''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.
+<hr>
+(''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...
 === {{Banter|Wyll}} ===
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+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(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.
+<hr>
+(''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.
+<hr>
+(''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.
 === {{Banter|Jaheira}} ===
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+(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...
+<hr>
+(''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.
 === {{Banter|Minsc}} ===
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+(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.
+<hr>
+(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!
+<hr>
+(''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...
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