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 == Party Banter ==
 === {{Banter|Astarion}} ===
-(After receiving [[Loviatar's Love (Condition)|Loviatar's Love. ]])
+* '''Astarion''': So, you know about these parasites. Will we survive them?
-* '''Lae'zel''': Your world has strange custom...
+* '''Lae'zel''': Only if my people extract them. The only other cure is the blade.
-* '''Astarion''': Don't group me with the likes of them!
+* '''Astarion''': Okay. Wonderful.
-* '''Lae'zel''': True. You wouldn't have the grit.
 <hr>
-''(At [[Mason's Guild]])''
+* '''Astarion''': You fight well, but you're so efficient. Why not have a little fun?
-*'''Lae'zel''': 'Mason's Guild'. The githyanki would call this a ''or'mlar'': an alliance of ''mlar''.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Fun? I fight to win, not to make spectacles.
-*'''Astarion''': And what is a 'mlar', exactly?
+* '''Astarion''': What a waste.
-* '''Lae'zel''': Builders, craftpeople - and the makers of the incomparable silver swords the ''kith'raki'' wield in battle.
-* '''Lae'zel''': The ''mlar'' may not be warriors, but they are no less valuable to my people.
 <hr>
-''(Assaulting [[Moonrise Towers]])''
+* '''Astarion''': Shadowheart. Such a grim name for such a beautiful flower.
-* '''Lae'zel:''' At last, we wash our weapons in Absolute blood.
+(''If it is not known that Astarion is a vampire'')
-* '''Astarion:''' I like this bloodlust look on you. Very flattering.
+* '''Shadowheart''': I heard you mumbling that line to yourself earlier - it needs more work.
-* '''Lae'zel:''' Even now, at the cusp, you waste your breath on prattle.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Fortunate for his tongue he didn't say it to me.
+(''If it is known that Astarion is a vampire'')
+* '''Shadowheart''': Could you not stare so blatantly at my neck when you say that please?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Oh, but do keep calling her 'flower'. She'll love that.
 <hr>
+(''If it is known that Astarion is a vampire'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': Feed if you must, Astarion.
+* '''Lae'zel''': But give me so much as a hungry look, and I'll drive a stake through your heart.
+* '''Astarion''': Ooh, I do so very like spicy food.
+<hr>
+(''If everyone knows about Astarion's scars'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': Poetry as torture - your master's quite clever, Astarion. Don't you agree?
+* '''Astarion''': You and I have very different definitions of 'clever'.
+<hr>
+(In the [[Underdark]])
+* '''Astarion''': Do we have to spend so long poking about down here?
+* '''Astarion''': I'd much rather be outside, with the sun on my skin.
+* '''Lae'zel''': You've only just come to tolerate sun, and you're already nostalgic?
+* '''Lae'zel''': If you're going to complain the whole way, by all means, return topside. You could use the colour.
+<hr>
+(At [[Crèche Y'llek]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': We are permitted to walk so freely. Such a lack of discipline would be punished severely in K'liir.
+* '''Astarion''': Walk freely? This place is as tight as a patriar's purse.
+* '''Lae'zel''': We should have been disarmed on entry. I'm pleased we weren't, but it's strange.
+* '''Astarion''': No doubt they found me too intimidating.
+<hr>
+(At [[Gauntlet of Shar]])
+* '''Astarion''': It's all very grand, but so austere.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Did you expect anything else? This is how your gods project power.
+* '''Astarion''': But why not project power with soft furnishings and roaring fires? Maybe then I'd worship them.
+<hr>
+(At [[Reithwin Town]])
+* '''Astarion''': Just once, I'd like to find a village that hasn't been plundered and destroyed.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Indeed. All the best weapons have already been scavenged.
+* '''Astarion''': I was thinking about a warm fire and charming company, actually.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I am perfectly charming, I'll have you know. On Crèche K'liir, I was known for my dazzling smile and charisma.
+* '''Astarion''': Really?
+* '''Lae'zel''': No.
+<hr>
+(At [[The Waning Moon]])
+* '''Astarion''': Ah, beer. Not really my drink, you know.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I know, Astarion. You prefer blood.
+* '''Astarion''': Well - yes. It was a joke.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I know that, too. It just wasn't funny.
+<hr>
+(At [[Mason's Guild]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': 'Mason's Guild'. The githyanki would call this a or'mlar: an alliance of mlar.
+* '''Astarion''': And what is a 'mlar', exactly?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Builders, craftspeople - and the makers of the incomparable silver swords the kith'raki wield in battle.
+* '''Lae'zel''': The mlar may not be warriors, but they are no less valuable to my people.
+<hr>
+(At [[Moonrise Towers]] Docks)
+* '''Astarion''': The boat's heading to Baldur's Gate. I'm almost tempted to stow away.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Chk. Try to abandon us and it won't go well for you.
+* '''Astarion''': Oh, I wouldn't actually leave. After all, where would you be without me?
+<hr>
+(''While assaulting [[Moonrise Towers]]'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': At last, we wash our weapons in Absolute blood.
+* '''Astarion''': I like this bloodlust look on you. Very flattering.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Even now, at the cusp, you waste your breath on prattle.
+<hr>
+(At [[Mind Flayer Colony]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': We must be ready to confront the elder brain. One presides over every ghaik colony.
+* '''Astarion''': No problem. And what does this old brain look like?
+* '''Lae'zel''': A hovering mass of grey matter, sprouted with lethal tentacles and oozing cerebrospinal fluid.
+* '''Astarion''': Right... Good. Glad I asked.
+<hr>
+(At [[Rivington]])
+* '''Astarion''': I used to like this neighbourhood. It was quieter than inside the walls - darker too.
+* '''Lae'zel''': A good hunting ground, then?
+* '''Astarion''': Oh, yes - slimmer pickings, but safer targets. The perfect place to learn the craft.
+<hr>
+(At [[The Blushing Mermaid]])
+* '''Astarion''': Ah. This place never changes.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Perhaps it should. All I see are carousing fools.
+* '''Astarion''': I know, isn't it wonderful? Endless opportunities for mischief.
+<hr>
+(At [[Bhaal Temple]])
+* '''Astarion''': I expected a temple to murder would be more fun. A little joyous, even.
+* '''Lae'zel''': There's no greater pleasure than battle. You face your enemy and conquer them, blade to blade, spell to spell.
+* '''Lae'zel''': But to take a life unawares is no more to be celebrated than plunging a dagger into a trapped rat.
+* '''Astarion''': Oh, I don't know - I've killed plenty of rats. I celebrated every time.
+<hr>
+(At [[Steel Watch Foundry]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': These Steel Watchers are impressive achievements. Worthy opponents, even for githyanki.
+* '''Astarion''': In that case, I'll leave fighting them to you. So I can observe your technique.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I'm sure you'll find it instructive. Or do you simply want to avoid risking your pallid neck?
+* '''Astarion''': Perish the thought - we're comrades in arms! I will be right behind you.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 1 romance scene'')
+* '''Astarion''': Would you believe, I've never been with a githyanki.
+* '''Lae'zel''': If you cease your frivolous ways, keep your mouth closed, and learn to obey, perhaps we can attempt it.
+* '''Astarion''': Haha! No, I think I will leave that honour to our esteemed friend.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 2 romance scene'')
+* '''Astarion''': So Lae'zel, things seem to be getting serious with you two. Do you have pet names for each other yet?
+* '''Lae'zel''': 'Pet' names? As if we were domesticated animals?
+* '''Astarion''': Gods, you have so much to learn. Repeat after me: honey muffin, sweetie pie, sugarplum.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Honey muffin, sweetie pie - Astarion, do you see all your lovers as food?
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': You say you have had many lovers, Astarion. If that is true, where are they now?
+* '''Astarion''': They weren't lovers... not in the way that you mean. They wanted me more than I wanted them.
+* '''Astarion''': I used that to my advantage more times than I care to remember.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Astarion; after act 1 romance scene'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': Why have you not tried to lay with me, Astarion?
+* '''Lae'zel''': It is in your nature to have tried. You have not.
+* '''Astarion''': No, and you're so charming and alluring. It's baffling, really.
+* '''Astarion''': I guess it shall remain a mystery, now and forevermore.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Astarion; after act 2 romance scene'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': The more I learn of this plane, Astarion, the more I believe 'love' is its greatest disease.
+* '''Astarion''': Oh, I don't know. The screaming fever is pretty bad.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Astarion, and Astarion stayed a spawn'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': Astarion, I note you and your lover struggle to keep your hands off one another.
+* '''Lae'zel''': It makes you less watchful. We're panting after battle, and already your maws are glued.
+* '''Astarion''': We're having fun. I would say 'try it, it won't kill you', but in your case I'm not sure.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Astarion, and Astarion became an ascendant'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': You have shared your new power with your lover, Astarion. I'm surprised - I expected you to turn your back once you got what you wanted.
+* '''Astarion''': Quite the opposite - I need someone I can trust. And now I know they'll never betray me.
 === {{Banter|Gale}}===
-* '''Lae'zel''': Tell me Gale: what is your interest in the Astral Plane?
+* '''Gale''': Tell me, Lae'zel, when you say we might be 'purified' at your crèche, what does that mean exactly?
-* '''Gale''': Time. Or rather: the absence of it. In the Astral Plane, everything is eternal.
+* '''Lae'zel''': A ghustil will affix the zaith'isk, the purifier, to our heads.
-* '''Lae'zel''': It will be my home soon enough, should vlaakith will it.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Its magic will quell the parasite in an instant.
+<hr>
+* '''Gale''': That zaith'isk you mentioned intrigues me. Care to tell me a bit more?
+* '''Lae'zel''': An intricate device, crafted by mlar - our most gifted artisans. I am sworn to say no more.
+<hr>
+* '''Gale''': Your prowess in battle is remarkable, as is your battle stance itself.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Hrath ajak - a technique known to few outside K'liir. Shall I teach you?
+* '''Gale''': I'll pass, thank you. I prefer Abjuration over acrobatics.
 <hr>
 * '''Lae'zel''': You've a particular way with words, Gale. Perhaps oration suits you more than battle.
 * '''Gale''': They're not mutually exclusive. The Weave is served best with a dash of eloquence.
 <hr>
-(Entering [[Felogyr's Fireworks]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': You strike me cleverer than most istiki, Gale. Multiple tutors, I should guess.
-*'''Lae'zel''': Fireworks - a particularly gnomish field of art, no?
+* '''Gale''': Many a wise man and woman indeed. Waterdeep is the home of myriad scholars.
+* '''Wyll''': Ah, the City of Splendours. Spent a whole Fleetswake there with my father. What a delight.
+<hr>
+* '''Gale''': Tell me, Lae'zel, what is it like on the Astral Plane? Your home realm intrigues me.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Githyanki lay their eggs on other planes. They cannot mature in the Astral.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I will only be welcomed once I obtain a mind flayer's head.
+<hr>
+* '''Lae'zel''': Tell me, Gale: what is your interest in the Astral Plane?
+* '''Gale''': Time. Or rather: the absence of it. In the Astral Plane, everything is eternal.
+* '''Lae'zel''': It will be my home soon enough, should Vlaakith will it.
+<hr>
+* '''Wyll''': Who's in charge of the mind flayers, Lae'zel? Is there a squid king or something?
+* '''Lae'zel''': No. Each ghaik is servant to an elder brain. No king unites elders - only their collective tyranny.
+* '''Gale''': A mind flayer monarch, imagine that. Such a thing could shatter worlds.
+<hr>
+* '''Gale''': I was wondering about your queen, Vlaakith. What tales of her reach us are terrifying, but I suppose that's not how you would describe her.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Vlaakith is unity: fear and beauty, life and unlife. Eyes like onyx, teeth like daggers. There is none more perfect.
+* '''Shadowheart''': Sounds vile. I assume the meaning of 'perfect' was lost in translation...
+<hr>
+* '''Shadowheart''': What if this crèche doesn't work out, Lae'zel? What if your kin fail you?
+* '''Lae'zel''': If I can reach the crèche, my kin will provide - any failure will be mine alone.
+* '''Shadowheart''': If you say so. Just don't expect me to put all my eggs in the same basket.
+* '''Gale''': That expression must sound curious to a githyanki ear, given the way they're birthed.
+<hr>
+(In [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]])
+* '''Gale''': I hoped Moonrise would give me answers, but at every twist of its corridors I find only more questions...
+* '''Lae'zel''': Our goal is clear, is it not? We defeat the remaining Chosen and the elder brain they control.
+* '''Gale''': Ambiguity does not come naturally to you, does it Lae'zel? Your life must be far simpler for it.
+<hr>
+(At [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]] Forest)
+* '''Gale''': No day, no night. It's as though time itself has abandoned this place.
+* '''Gale''': Similar to the Astral Plane in some ways, wouldn't you say, Lae'zel?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Hardly. The Astral Plane is threaded with light and silver, life-giving and wondrous in all directions.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Nothing like this dismal abyss.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Hardly. It is said that the Astral Plane is threaded with light and silver, life-giving and wondrous in all directions.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I've never set eyes on it. But I promise it is nothing like this dismal abyss.
+<hr>
+(At [[Ruined Battlefield]])
+* '''Gale''': Blast scars. Spell and sword alike were used to ravage this battlefield.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Imagine the glorious din of it all - the streaming banners, the charging knights, the piles of severed limbs and heads.
+* '''Gale''': I'd rather not, if it's all the same to you.
+<hr>
+(At an abandoned house in [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': What is this...? This place makes me feel sad. Melancholy.
+* '''Gale''': Ah, so you're susceptible to the tragedy of a broken home. Maybe you've more in common with us weaker beings than you thought...
+* '''Lae'zel''': There's no call to be insulting.
+<hr>
+(At [[Moonrise Towers]])
+* '''Gale''': Not to diminish our efforts, but it was rather simple getting here in the end, wasn't it?
+* '''Lae'zel''': The obstacles ahead of us promise to be higher still -
+* '''Lae'zel''': - which will make the pleasure of overcoming them all the more potent.
+<hr>
+(At [[Moonrise Towers]] [[Oubliette]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': The right of these prisoners to die in mortal combat was stolen from them.
+* '''Gale''': Hardly the worst atrocity the Absolute's committed.
+* '''Lae'zel''': One of many, but by no means the least. To die properly is a matter of honour.
+<hr>
+(At [[Mind Flayer Colony]] Tadpoling Centre)
+* '''Lae'zel''': A tadpole nursery, as on the nautiloid. We must not leave it intact.
+* '''Gale''': Quite right. So long as the attempt won't leave us similarly dismantled...
+* '''Lae'zel''': Caution is commendable. Boldness is extraordinary. In this case, I recommend the latter.
+<hr>
+(At [[Rivington]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': Cowards at every turn in this community. In githyanki society, they would be retrained - or culled.
+* '''Gale''': Condoning the slaughter of the weak? Not the most charitable perspective to take.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I am observing, not condoning. A meaningful difference.
+<hr>
+(At [[Baldur's Mouth]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': Drink, dance, and song. Tu'narath's residents are known to partake in all three. Substantially.
+* '''Gale''': Is that so? I assumed there to be little time for frivolity amongst all the fighting.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Eternity is long, Gale. Long enough to pursue endeavours beyond combat.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Githyanki write symphonies, craft liquors, paint frescos. When they aren't in fierce battle with ghaik, of course.
+<hr>
+(At [[Bloomridge Park]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': These children and their pets lack discipline. Were they githyanki, I'd recommend further training.
+* '''Gale''': Not everyone approaches the raising of their young with such militaristic vigour.
+* '''Lae'zel''': That is the very purpose of training - to determine which children shall be warriors, and which are suited to other roles.<br>
+* '''Lae'zel''': As for the unruly animals - they would make for nutritious marching rations.
+* '''Gale''': That's certainly one way to make them behave...
+<hr>
+(At [[Felogyr's Fireworks]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': Fireworks - a particularly gnomish field of art, no?
 * '''Gale''': Indeed. More than simple craft, it's a way of life for some of them.
 * '''Lae'zel''': That may explain why most gnomes possess such short fuses.
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 * '''Lae'zel''': Only if you found it funny.
 <hr>
+(At [[Philgrave's Mansion]])
+* '''Gale''': There's magic here, but it's of a rancid, impure form. Nothing like the true Weave at all.
+* '''Lae'zel''': This is why I appreciate a sharp blade to a ball of fire or a bolt of lightning. The Weave is inconsistent, unruly.
+* '''Gale''': The Weave is constant, but its users? Anything but. We must be on our guard.
+* '''Lae'zel''': A githyanki warrior hardly needs to be told that.
+<hr>
+(At Harborview Park)
+* '''Lae'zel''': These flowers are quite vivid - not to mention, pungent. Not to my liking.
+* '''Gale''': Are there no flowers in Tu'narath?
+* '''Lae'zel''': In the City of Death, the mlar cultivate the fruiting bodies that sprout from the corpses of the slain.
+* '''Gale''': I'd rather get them from my florist in Waterdeep, if it's all the same to you.
+<hr>
+(At [[Water Queen's House]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': Githyanki gish sail skiffs through the Astral Sea, an ocean far larger than Umberlee's.
+* '''Gale''': Does the Astral Sea come with an equally irritable goddess?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Vlaakith holds dominion over the entire plane. And she is not 'irritable' - she is ruthless.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Vlaakith holds dominion over the entire plane. And 'irritable' does not even begin to describe her.
+<hr>
+(At [[Szarr Palace]])
+* '''Gale''': I always wondered what a vampire's lair would look like. Can't say I pictured it being quite this... theatrical.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I find it surprisingly similar to Queen Vlaakith's aesthetic.
+* '''Gale''': That makes sense. She does have a flair for the dramatic.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 1 romance scene'')
+* '''Gale''': I'm surprised you're permitted to choose a partner outside of your own people.
+* '''Gale''': I can't imagine Mother Gith would approve. Doesn't she prefer us lesser species enslaved? Or eviscerated?
+* '''Lae'zel''': We are to use and misuse each civilisation in the stars, in every way we know. I do not conquer by blade alone, Gale.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 2 romance scene'')
+* '''Gale''': I've been pondering something, Lae-zel. Why is it that githyanki have belly-buttons, when they hatch from eggs?
+* '''Lae'zel''': I did not grant you permission to gaze upon my midriff.
+* '''Gale''': I - I wasn't gazing, merely observing. Though that can hardly be said for a certain someone else...
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene'')
+* '''Gale''': Tell me, Lae'zel, is it common for githyanki to fall in love?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Love. Is that this feeling in me, then? This ... passion to peel every layer of one's heart to see what light and shadows lurk there?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Githyanki have playmates. Thrill-partners. But I'd never heard anyone profess love, nor read of it in our slates.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I doubt I am the first githyanki to... to feel this way. But few would ever declare it.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Gale; after act 1 romance scene'')
+* '''Gale''': Indulge me, Lae'zel. As someone unfettered by Faerûnian beauty standards, how would you appraise my appearance?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Your beard looks like the hairy tufts upon the psurlon, the largest of wormkind that slither our skies.
+* '''Gale''': I suppose that's a bad thing? No - don't answer that.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Gale; after act 2 romance scene'')
+* '''Gale''': So, Lae'zel - have you ever been tempted to use psionics in your, erm, romantic endeavours?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Only once. Did you know, In low-gravity settings, githyanki can maintain aerial suspension for hours at a time?
+* '''Gale''': Fascinating - I think the archmage Tasha described a spell with similar effect. I really must look that up...
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Gale; after act 3 romance scene'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': Gale, I've heard you talking in your sleep. Your mate needs better rest for our journey.
+* '''Gale''': And deprive them of the pleasure of hearing my nocturnal postulations? I'd never be so cruel.
+* '''Gale''': The mind absorbs much while we believe ourselves dormant. To lie beside Gale of Waterdeep is positively educational.
 === {{Banter|Karlach}} ===
+(''While in plains'')
+* '''Karlach''': Is this your first time on the Sword Coast, Lae'zel?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Yes. It is much more... lively... than the githyanki slates led me to believe.
+* '''Karlach''': Just wait till you see Baldur's Gate. You'll never want to leave.
+<hr>
+(''While in plains'')
 * '''Lae'zel''': Smell that? Blood. This whole plain reeks of it.
 * '''Karlach''': That'll wake you up of a fine day, won't it.
 * '''Lae'zel''': I do not need awakening. My senses are sharp as steel.
-<hr>''(In the [[Underdark]])''
+<hr>
-* '''Karlach:''' Beautiful. Lethal. The Underdark is everything I thought it'd be.
+(At [[Forest]])
-* '''Lae'zel:''' And I. This environ seems worthy of a githyanki warrior's estimation.
+* '''Karlach''': Ahh, smell that? Fresh forest air.
-* '''Karlach:''' Ah, to be deemed worthy by the great Lae'zel of Creche K'liir.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I smell only fear - the fear of cowards lying in wait for an ambush.
-* '''Lae'zel:''' Continue as you have, Karlach, and you will achieve the same.
+* '''Karlach''': You can take a day off once in a while, Lae'zel.
-<hr>''(At [[Wyrm's Rock Fortress]])''
+* '''Lae'zel''': I do not take days off. I'd even forego sleep, if such a thing were feasible. The one advantage an elf holds over a githyanki.
-* '''Lae'zel''': A ''kithrak's'' red dragon would have this place down around Gortash's ears in moments.
+<hr>
-* '''Karlach''': I'd ''loved'' to see that. I've always hated this place.
+(In the [[Underdark]])
+* '''Karlach''': Beautiful. Lethal. The Underdark is everything I thought it'd be.
+* '''Lae'zel''': And I. This environ seems worthy of a githyanki warrior's estimation.
+* '''Karlach''': Ah, to be deemed worthy by the great Lae'zel of Crèche K'liir.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Continue as you have, Karlach, and you will achieve the same.
+<hr>
+(At [[Rosymorn Monastery]])
+* '''Karlach''': What a sight. We should stop for a nice little lunch, take it all in.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Is the worm gnawing at your grey matter? We must find a crèche and be purified.
+* '''Karlach''': True. Fine. First, purify the tadpole, then a little lunch.
+<hr>
+(On the road to [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]])
+* '''Karlach''': Lae'zel, do you want to talk about what happened at the crèche?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Trust me. You'll know when I'm ready to discuss it.
+* '''Karlach''': Fair enough. But if you change your mind...
+* '''Lae'zel''': It is not a matter of mind. It is a matter of faith - and I have been put to the test.
+<hr>
+(At [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]] Forest)
+* '''Karlach''': Do I see light? Or am I delusional?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Just a mirage. There's not a spot in sight that the gloom hasn't touched.
+* '''Karlach''': Damn, you're right. The eyes see what the heart wants.
+<hr>
+(At [[Ruined Battlefield]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': Bones. Rusted weapons. A great battle was fought here.
+* '''Karlach''': An extra vicious one, I think. No one buried their dead.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Exactly the sort of battle I live to fight. And the sort made even more thrilling with a hot-hearted tiefling at my side.
+<hr>
+(At [[Mind Flayer Colony]])
+* '''Karlach''': Look at all this mucus. Wonder if our nautiloid came from down here.
+* '''Lae'zel''': It's a possibility. This is no mere mind flayer colony, but an entire ghaik bastion.
+* '''Karlach''': I'm ready for the goo.
+<hr>
+(At [[Wyrm's Rock Fortress]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': A kith'rak's red dragon would have this place down around Gortash's ears in moments.
+* '''Karlach''': I'd love to see that. I've always hated this place.
 * '''Lae'zel''': It will be far more satisfying to plunge a blade into Gortash myself than to pick through his ashes.
 <hr>
+(At [[Wyrm's Rock Fortress]])
+* '''Karlach''': You know, I've always kind of hated this place. Such ado about a damned bridge.
+* '''Lae'zel''': It's just a bridge. Is it really worth all that ire?
+* '''Karlach''': C'mon, isn't there something you hate for no good reason?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Hm. I dislike owls. Their hyper-mobile necks are quite disconcerting.
+* '''Karlach''': You know what, Lae? I couldn't agree more.
+<hr>
+(At [[Lady Jannath's Estate]])
+* '''Karlach''': Phew! Wouldn't mind shacking up in a place like this.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Yes  - and quite an attractive target for githyanki raiders. They'd plunder the village and fly off with the spoils.
+* '''Karlach''': What are you, pirates?
+* '''Lae'zel''': To my people, all the planes are a vast garden to be weeded and picked.
+* '''Karlach''': Well tell your mates to keep their hoes out of Baldur's Gate.
+<hr>
+(At [[House of Hope]])
+* '''Karlach''': Damn. I swore I'd never come back to the Hells, and here I am.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Fate has a way of pulling us along with or without our approval.
+* '''Karlach''': Escaping fate happens to be my speciality.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 1 romance scene'')
+* '''Karlach''': So githyanki undergarments. Very fashionable.
+* '''Lae'zel''': The under-harnesses are often used for strapping oneself onto a red dragon.
+* '''Karlach''': Fashion and function. You lot really have it all figured out.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 2 romance scene'')
+* '''Karlach''': Lae'zel, you're actually glowing.
+* '''Lae'zel''': It is the sheen of the soldier's sweat on my brow.
+* '''Karlach''': The soldier's sweat? Or the lover's?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Kain'cha... Speak on it no further.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene'')
+* '''Karlach''': It's good to see you smiling, Lae'zel.
+* '''Lae'zel''': A momentary spasm of the jaw. But perhaps there is cause.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Even in this dark hour, there are some things to take heart in.
+* '''Karlach''': Couldn't have said it better myself.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Karlach; after act 1 romance scene'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': Your years in the Hells have made you a fierce warrior, Karlach.
+* '''Karlach''': Fierce in battle, maybe a bit naive in... everything else.
+* '''Lae'zel''': In that way, you are like many a young githyanki - wise to the ways of battle, if not to the wider world.
+* '''Karlach''': Makes sense. And how are you getting on out here in the world?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Mindfully and meticulously.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Karlach; after act 2 romance scene'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': Karlach, were there others of Zariel's warriors who bore the infernal engine?
+* '''Karlach''': I was the first - not the last. But most didn't survive the process.
+* '''Karlach''': The others were all devilkin. I think I was the only lucky winner from Faerûn.
+* '''Lae'zel''': You were stronger than the others.
+* '''Karlach''': Lucky me.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Karlach; after act 3 romance scene'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': A dinner date. At first your request confused me. But then, I became curious...
+* '''Karlach''': Think you might like to try it for yourself some time?
+* '''Lae'zel''': It sounds terribly understimulating.
+* '''Karlach''': Depends on the company.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Well. Good thing for us both I make for riveting company.
 === {{Banter|Shadowheart}} ===
-* '''Lae'zel''': These tieflings prove fragile. I've a mind to end their misery myself.
+* '''Shadowheart''': So, gith. Aren't you worried your kind will punish you for consorting with us?
-* '''Shadowheart''': They make good bait, drawing attention away from us.
+* '''Lae'zel''': My name is Lae'zel, k'chakhi.
-* '''Lae'zel''': Judicious advice. How puzzling.
+* '''Lae'zel''': And my kin will understand my need for servants. They will help you, but only if I ask.
+<hr>
+* '''Shadowheart''': Do you think your kin search for you, Lae'zel?
+* '''Lae'zel''': I know they do not. It is my responsibility to cleanse myself.
+* '''Shadowheart''': They pursued the nautiloid. Perhaps they were trying to free you.
+* '''Lae'zel''': A vain notion. I am one of many and will not be a burden to my Queen.
+<hr>
+* '''Shadowheart''': Lae'zel, how would you punish someone who wronged you?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Wrong me how?
+* '''Shadowheart''': Oh, say, murder. Or theft.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Killing is good - it culls the weak. But theft would be paid for painfully, a thousand times over.
+* '''Shadowheart''': Hmm. Good to know.
 <hr>
 * '''Lae'zel''': Your sour face is tiring, Shadowheart. By all means leave, if I am so distasteful.
 * '''Shadowheart''': I'd rather not turn my back on you, if it's all the same.
 <hr>
-(After receiving [[Loviatar's Love (Condition)|Loviatar's Love. ]])
+* '''Shadowheart''': I'll be keeping an eye on you, understand?
-* '''Lae'zel''': Your world has strange custom...
+* '''Lae'zel''': If I choose to kill you, you will not even see it.
-* '''Shadowheart''': Don't group me with the likes of them!
+<hr>
-* '''Lae'zel''': True. You wouldn't have the grit.
+(''After you've settled their fight over the artifact'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': I've been watching you fight, Shadowheart. Your skills are improving.
+* '''Shadowheart''': My skills were just fine to begin with. You can save the compliments.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I don't pay compliments. I make observations.
+<hr>
+(''After you've settled their fight over the artifact'')
+* '''Shadowheart''': So. Have we buried the hatchet, Lae'zel?
+* '''Lae'zel''': No. Why would I bury a weapon? Is it broken?
+* '''Shadowheart''': It's a metaphor.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I do not know your metaphor. But if you need help digging, I will find a shovel.
+<hr>
+* '''Astarion''': Shadowheart. Such a grim name for such a beautiful flower.
+(''If it is not known that Astarion is a vampire'')
+* '''Shadowheart''': I heard you mumbling that line to yourself earlier - it needs more work.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Fortunate for his tongue he didn't say it to me.
+(''If it is known that Astarion is a vampire'')
+* '''Shadowheart''': Could you not stare so blatantly at my neck when you say that please?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Oh, but do keep calling her 'flower'. She'll love that.
+<hr>
+* '''Gale''': I was wondering about your queen, Vlaakith. What tales of her reach us are terrifying, but I suppose that's not how you would describe her.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Vlaakith is unity: fear and beauty, life and unlife. Eyes like onyx, teeth like daggers. There is none more perfect.
+* '''Shadowheart''': Sounds vile. I assume the meaning of 'perfect' was lost in translation...
+<hr>
+* '''Shadowheart''': What if this crèche doesn't work out, Lae'zel? What if your kin fail you?
+* '''Lae'zel''': If I can reach the crèche, my kin will provide - any failure will be mine alone.
+* '''Shadowheart''': If you say so. Just don't expect me to put all my eggs in the same basket.
+* '''Gale''': That expression must sound curious to a githyanki ear, given the way they're birthed.
+<hr>
+(In the [[Underdark]])
+* '''Shadowheart''': Careful Lae'zel, it's dark around here. Would be a terrible shame to lose you forever.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Yes, do keep your wits, Shadowheart. Should a dagger suddenly slice your neck, we may never know who's to blame.
 <hr>
-* '''Lae'zel''': The traitor ''kith'rak'' takes great interest in this relic of yours, Shadowheart. Or should I say... weapon.
+(''After the confrontation with the Githyanki at [[Mountain Pass]]'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': The traitor kith'rak takes great interest in this relic of yours, Shadowheart. Or should I say... weapon.
 * '''Lae'zel''': What are you hiding?
 * '''Shadowheart''': Nothing. I assume your kin are just as misguided as you are.
 <hr>
-* '''Lae'zel''': I've been watching you fight, Shadowheart. Your skills are improving.
+(Near [[Rosymorn Monastery]])
-* '''Shadowheart''': My skills were just fine to begin with. You can save the compliments.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I believe we're approaching the crèche. Once we're inside, let me do the talking.
-* '''Lae'zel''': I don't pay compliments. I make observations.
+* '''Shadowheart''': Just to be clear - you're going to lead us into a nest of githyanki marauders, and we're supposed to trust that will end well for us?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Is that a problem?
+* '''Shadowheart''': More a sign of the times, I suppose.
+<hr>
+(''At [[Last Light Inn]], if it's cursed'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': Last Light's defenders - slaughtered, every last one.
+* '''Shadowheart''': They didn't deserve this.
+* '''Shadowheart''': They were arrogant enough to try and withstand Lady Shar's power. This was always going to be the end result.
 <hr>
 (Approaching [[Moonrise Towers]])
-* '''Lae'zel''': Moonrise Towers at last. Make no mistake - I ''will'' have answers to these ''ghaik'' tadpoles.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Moonrise Towers at last. Make no mistake - I will have answers about these ghaik tadpoles.
 * '''Shadowheart''': Easy, Lae'zel - we need answers, yes, but you catch more flies with honey than vinegar...
-* '''Shadowheart''': ...perhaps that doesn't translate. I don't know if githyanki have honey. Or vinegar. Or flies, even. Let's just show some restraint.
+* '''Shadowheart''': ... perhaps that doesn't translate. I don't know if githyanki have honey. Or vinegar. Or flies, even. Let's just show some restraint.
 * '''Lae'zel''': I'm capable of restraint, just as you're capable of raw fury. I trust we'll find reason to exercise both here.
 <hr>
-''(At [[Moonrise Towers]])''
+(At [[Moonrise Towers]])
 * '''Lae'zel''': I itch to draw my weapon and gut every last one of these cultists.
 * '''Shadowheart''': You're keen. Just don't get carried away - some of those guts might be of more use to us unspilled, at least for a while.
-* '''Lae'zel:''' I know better than to indulge every craving, Shadowheart. But when the time is right, the Absolutists will feel the sting of my blade.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I know better than to indulge every craving, Shadowheart. But when the time is right, the Absolutists will feel the sting of my blade.
+<hr>
+(At [[Moonrise Towers Prison]])
+* '''Shadowheart''': All those locked cells. A girl could cause all sorts of mischief with skilled fingers and a hairpin...
+* '''Lae'zel''': You have done mischief enough with hairpins, if your tresses are an indication. The prisoners would be a hindrance.
+* '''Shadowheart''': A hindrance, you say? Remind me, where did we fetch you from again? Oh that's right - a cage, caught by a couple of tieflings. Interesting.
+* '''Shadowheart''': I'd rather an extra burden than extra enemies. Anyone the Absolute has captive is one tadpole away from taking up arms against us.
+<hr>
+(At [[Morphic Pool]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': Ready your weapons. This will not be resolved by wits alone.
+* '''Shadowheart''': You're right - though I like to think my wits are the best weapon I have.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Your high regard for your own wits is no secret to anyone.
+* '''Shadowheart''': Touché, Lae'zel! Perhaps wits are contagious.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 1 romance scene'')
+* '''Shadowheart''': I wouldn't have predicted the night you shared with our friend, Lae'zel. You didn't consider it beneath you?
+* '''Lae'zel''': They were beneath me, at times. But also above me, And standing, at certain points.
+* '''Shadowheart''': That's enough, I get the picture. Gods, do I get the picture...
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 2 romance scene'')
+* '''Shadowheart''': I'm a tad surprised you change into more comfortable garb at camp, Lae'zel. You strike me as a 'sleeps in her armour' type.
+* '''Lae'zel''': It would cause too much noise during my nighttime... exertions. I do not wish to alert foes of our location.
+* '''Shadowheart''': Nighttime exertions...? Oh, I see. Well, considerate of you, I suppose.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene'')
+* '''Shadowheart''': I am fond of Baldur's Gate, in spite of it's failings. It's the perfect place for Lady Shar's faith to take hold.
+* '''Shadowheart''': Baldur's Gate can be dirty, overcrowded, dangerous... but I do like it all the same. Found anything to admire in it, Lae'zel?
+* '''Shadowheart''': How about you, Lae'zel? You're new to the city - found anything to admire in it?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Admire it? As an overripe fruit ready for plucking, or a fattened calf awaiting the knife, perhaps.
+* '''Lae'zel''': This place was constructed as if it wants a foreign power to pillage it.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Shadowheart; after act 1 romance scene'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': How do you maintain such an elaborate plait, Shadowheart? The craftsmanship is impressive.
+* '''Shadowheart''': Now that you mention it, I can't remember who taught me. Another memory lost, perhaps.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Still. If you let me watch your technique, I might learn it from you.
+* '''Shadowheart''': Maybe. If you keep a respectable distance.
 <hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Shadowheart; after act 2 romance scene'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': You are debating allowing another into your heart.
+* '''Shadowheart''': Quite the gossip, aren't you? Wouldn't have thought you cared.
+* '''Lae'zel''': A formidable woman like yourself does herself no favours in revealing herself to be so erratic, so... uncertain.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Shadowheart, and Shadowheart chose Selune'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': I find the locals' fascination with 'the beach' is but a conspiracy for prudes to leer at each other unquestioned.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Why does anyone bother wearing swim-garments at all?
+* '''Shadowheart''': I'm not inclined to bother, myself, but I suppose it keeps the City Watch at bay.
+* '''Shadowheart''': Some act as though displaying bare flesh is a more heinous crime than murder and robbery.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Shadowheart, and Shadowheart chose Shar'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': I heard a curious sound in night. What would you know about that, Shadowheart?
+* '''Shadowheart''': Lady Shar permits me to plead ignorance.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I ask not of Lady Shar - but of you and your paramour.
+* '''Shadowheart''': I haven't the faintest idea what you mean. Perhaps a cat pounced on its prey?
 === {{Banter|Wyll}} ===
+* '''Lae'zel''': Every moment a new danger. I may have underestimated this Faerûn.
+* '''Wyll''': You don't know the half of it. With a bit of luck, we'll meet a beholder.
+<hr>
+* '''Wyll''': Lae'zel, have you ever done a good deed just for the sake of it?
+* '''Lae'zel''': I have performed deeds well and efficiently. Is this what you mean?
+* '''Wyll''': Not exactly. But you answered my question.
+<hr>
+* '''Wyll''': Mm - Lae'zel, do you believe in love at first sight?
+* '''Lae'zel''': I hardly believe in love at all.
+* '''Wyll''': Oh.
+* '''Lae'zel''': But I do believe in carnal pleasure.
+* '''Wyll''': Oh!
+<hr>
+* '''Wyll''': I've never met anyone like you, Lae'zel.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Yes I've been told I'm quite scintillating.
+* '''Wyll''': Have you really?
+* '''Lae'zel''': No.
+<hr>
+* '''Wyll''': Lae'zel, you've the most exquisite eyes - golden as the sands of the Calim.
+* '''Lae'zel''': And you've a soft skull. A ghaik tentacle will have no issues pushing through it.
+* '''Wyll''': Is that... a compliment?
+* '''Lae'zel''': No, it is a fact. Life in this Faerûn is laughaby weak.
+<hr>
 * '''Lae'zel''': The Blade of Frontiers, hm? Do you always need to be the centre of attention?
 * '''Wyll''': Anything but. I don't fight to be flattered, Lae'zel. I fight to save lives.
 <hr>
+* '''Lae'zel''': I've not heard of these 'Flaming Fist'. Enlighten me, Wyll.
+* '''Wyll''': The Coast's chief militia, led by none other than Grand Duke Ulder Ravengard himself.
+(''If it is known that Wyll is the son of Ulder Ravengard'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': Your father, you mean?
+* '''Wyll''': The very same.
+<hr>
+(''If it is known that Wyll has a contract with Mizora'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': If you wish to be rid of your devil, Wyll, we should just kill her and be done with it.
+* '''Wyll''': And incur the wrath of the Hells? I might as well just leap straight into the fires.
+<hr>
+* '''Wyll''': Can an illithid go solo, Lae'zel? You know - break free of their master?
+(''If you have met Omeluum'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': Renegades are rare, but not unheard of.
+(''If you have not met Omeluum'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': Renegades are rare, but not unheard of. Omeluum is one such creature.
+* '''Lae'zel''': A ghaik gone astray is no less dangerous for it - and its head no less valuable.
+<hr>
+* '''Wyll''': Who's in charge of the mind flayers, Lae'zel? Is there a squid king or something?
+* '''Lae'zel''': No. Each ghaik is servant to an elder brain. No king unites elders - only their collective tyranny.
+* '''Gale''': A mind flayer monarch, imagine that. Such a thing could shatter worlds.
+<hr>
+(Near [[Rosymorn Monastery]])
+* '''Wyll''': Lae'zel, are you sure of the greeting we'll find at this crèche of yours?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Of course I'll be welcomed. And if you behave, you may keep your head too.
+* '''Wyll''': I can count on you to vouch for me, I hope.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Don't worry. You're more useful to me alive.
+<hr>
+(At [[Crèche Y'llek]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': How I have longed for these familiar sounds and sights.
+* '''Wyll''': Well I'll be. So even the ferocious Lae'zel has a soft side.
+* '''Lae'zel''': A possessive side. What is a warrior without something precious to protect?
+<hr>
+(At [[Mind Flayer Colony]])
+* '''Wyll''': Lae'zel - did you ever fight illithid creatures in your training days?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Never. The ghaik aboard the nautiloid was the first I ever witnessed in flesh.
+* '''Wyll''': Really? I figured you would have joined your fellow gith in a colony raid.
+* '''Lae'zel''': A young warrior is expected to fight their first ghaik with their cousins - kin hatched from the same clutch.
+* '''Lae'zel''': The ones who triumph earn a place in githyanki society. The one's who don't, perish.
+<hr>
+(At [[Rivington]])
+* '''Wyll''': When I was a child, father sent me to Sharess' Caress to deliver messages.
+* '''Wyll''': How was I to know what went on behind its closed doors?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Eating, sleeping, and sex acts of all manner, of course.
+* '''Wyll''': Hm. What's plain to you wasn't so plain to mini-Wyll.
+* '''Lae'zel''': 'Mini-Lae'zel' wasn't so sheltered. On Crèche K'liir, very little is hidden behind doors.
+<hr>
+(At Eastern Docks)
+* '''Lae'zel''': I smell danger on the wind. Keep your weapons ready.
+* '''Wyll''': The only thing the wind's carrying is the smell of trout. Lae'zel. We're near the fish market.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Discount my warning at your peril.
+* '''Wyll''': I get it, Lae'zel - peril, danger, and so forth. All I can think of now is a nice fish dinner.
+<hr>
+(At [[Lower City Sewers]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': Baldur's Gate's sewer system could use a few... improvements.
+* '''Wyll''': The smell getting to you, Lae'zel?
+* '''Lae'zel''': It isn't the smell that bothers me - it's the inefficiency. An entire underground wasted on waste that could simply be teleported to Wildspace.
+* '''Wyll''': Hm. Once the Absolute's finished, I'll be sure to propose your idea to the Council.
+<hr>
+(At [[Steel Watch Foundry]])
+* '''Wyll''': Labour is the lifeblood of every city. Baldur's Gate would perish without its workers.
+* '''Lae'zel''': So it is with the githyanki. Without the mlar's swords and ships, and the gardens of our g'lathk, the empire couldn't thrive.
+* '''Wyll''': Maybe githyanki and humans aren't so different after all.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Let's not carried away, Wyll.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Wyll; after act 1 romance scene'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': Wyll, you are a man of great vigour. Why have you not sought a mate any of these nights we have camped?
+* '''Wyll''': Ah, well, I admit I've had thoughts about it. In my own way.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Do not think, Wyll. Act.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Wyll; after act 2 romance scene'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': Does your species release airborne pheromones upon beginning the courtship dance, Wyll?
+* '''Lae'zel''': I've heard thus is the way with certain birds of paradise and prey. The chemical induces lowered inhibitions between the pair.
+* '''Wyll''': No. I mean, I don't think so. Would you count a light spritz from a vial of jasmine dust as a pheromone?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Indubitably.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 1 romance scene'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': To bind oneself to another forever seems a fool's vow.
+* '''Wyll''': Then by all means, call me a fool.
+* '''Wyll''': In the Gate especially, it's uncommon to marry your first love nowadays.
+* '''Wyll''': But losing that early love is still the regret foremost of forgotten sorrows.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 2 romance scene'')
+* '''Wyll''': I really didn't expect the affair to last between the two of you, Lae'zel. Is it getting to be something more?
+* '''Lae'zel''': We have spilled one another's blood. We have spent blows until utter exhaustion.
+* '''Wyll''': Congratulations - I think.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene'')
+* '''Wyll''': I hope my home can be yours, if you don't go back to the skies.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Chk. I have no intention of allowing myself to grow a third stomach and a withered arm in a ducal seat.
+* '''Wyll''': I meant the Gate! But you're always welcome for tea.
 === {{Banter|Halsin}} ===
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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 Haslin 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|Minthara}} ===
-* '''Lae'zel''': Ah - the smell of fresh blood spilled on stones. It reminds me of the tunnels within my home of ''K'liir.''
+(At [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]] Forest)
-* '''Minthara''': I would like to visit your home one day, Lae'zel. Where is ''K'liir?''
+* '''Lae'zel''': Difficult terrain, cursed or not. Gith dragon-riders prefer flat land and open skies.
-* '''Lae'zel''': You may know it as stardock. An asteroid, one of the Tears of Selune. It's tunnels are home to many creatures to hunt.
+* '''Minthara''': Ketheric's undead legions carve paths through the foliage when they pass. It grows back stronger though.
+* '''Lae'zel''': A tedious labour well suited to the undead.
+* '''Minthara''': Tedious labour does not only suit the dead. Plenty of surface-dwellers are suitable for little else.
+<hr>
+(''At [[Last Light Inn]], if it's protected'')
+* '''Minthara''': These people seem soldiers by their bearing. What say you, Lae'zel?
+* '''Lae'zel''': The enforcers of order - unmistakable in their vigilant bearing. So it goes across all the planes and their peoples.
+* '''Minthara''': On this plane, the story always ends the same way. Order collapses, and shadows take the light.
+<hr>
+(At [[Mason's Guild]] Rebel Hideout)
+* '''Minthara''': How curious. The shadow curse has not touched this place.
+* '''Lae'zel''': And by the looks of it, its riches have gone unplundered.
+* '''Minthara''': A faultless observation, Lae'zel. Are all githyanki so quick to come to the essential point?
+<hr>
+(At [[House of Healing]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': A waste of space and resources. Gith triage methods obviate the need for such crude facilities.
+* '''Minthara''': Tell me about these methods.
+* '''Lae'zel''': A githyanki ghustil can summon Astral energy to heal most any wound.
+* '''Lae'zel''': If a warrior's lacerations are beyond even their ability, the victim is beheaded.
+* '''Minthara''': Efficient. We have much to learn from one another.
+<hr>
+(At [[House of Healing Morgue]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': I have seen many a gruesome death, but even I can't fathom some of the horrors inflicted in this supposed 'House of Healing'.
+* '''Minthara''': You're young, child. If you survive as long as I have, you will witness greater horrors than this.
+* '''Lae'zel''': If you are fortunate, you may even inflict greater horrors in the name of your cause.
+<hr>
+(At [[Mind Flayer Colony]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': A ghaik colony. Illithids are certainly the driving force behind this Absolute cult.
+* '''Minthara''': The hierarchy of command is not yet clear, child. Can you be sure the illithids are in control?
+* '''Lae'zel''': I know what I see - my mortal enemies. And I know what must be done about them.
+<hr>
+(At Basilisk Gate)
+* '''Minthara''': There is no true authority in this city. The guards are more degenerate than the criminals.
+* '''Lae'zel''': True warriors among the city's Flaming Fist seem exceedingly rare. The worst are mere rats scurrying about their warren.
+* '''Minthara''': And what do we do with rats, Lae'zel? We hang them by the tails, and burn their warrens.
+<hr>
+(In the North Alleys)
+* '''Lae'zel''': Ah - the smell of fresh blood spilled on stone. It reminds me of the tunnels within my home of K'liir.
+* '''Minthara''': I would like to visit your home one day, Lae'zel. Where is K'liir?
+* '''Lae'zel''': You may know it as Stardock. An asteroid, one of the Tears of Selûne. It's tunnels are home to all manner of creatures to hunt.
 * '''Lae'zel''': Vicious, unrelenting. The sort of place I imagine you'd take to, Minthara.
 <hr>
+(At [[The Lodge]])
+* '''Minthara''': The Society of Brilliance! These preposterous fools love to meddle in Underdark affairs - they are most amusing.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Amusing? Wherein lies the humour?
+* '''Minthara''': They seek to promote peace between species through mutual understanding. Ha.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Even my people know the value of a carefully crafted coalition, Minthara. Is our own alliance not a case in point?
+<hr>
+(At [[Guildhall]])
+* '''Lae'zel''': Two sides, each itching to draw blades against the other.
+* '''Minthara''': The sensation is contagious. Which should we oppose?
+* '''Lae'zel''': Either or both, so long as I get to spill blood.
+<hr>
+(At [[Morphic Pool]])
+* '''Minthara''': We drow are sensitive to psionic power. And this place throbs with mental power such as I have never known.
+* '''Lae'zel''': It threatens all of us, gith and mud worlder alike. But even the brightest blaze can be extinguished.
+* '''Minthara''': Extinguish it? I intend to seize it. Power exists to be wielded.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Minthara; after act 2 romance scene'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': Our leader is a fool for love, Minthara. I'd never be compelled to conduct such a poorly-planned jailbreak.
+* '''Minthara''': They did not do it for love. They did it for my prowess in combat, as well as coitus. I excel in both.
+* '''Lae'zel''': As do I. Sometimes the acts are not dissimilar.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Minthara; after act 3 romance scene'')
+* '''Lae'zel''': At what age do you think it is right to set a child upon mortal combat?
+* '''Minthara''': The moment it can hold a blade. It may even test its resilience against some common poisons while it is still in the womb.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Tsk'va. We do not wilfully risk our young until they are of thirteen years. No point wasting battle-flesh before it's primed.
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 2 romance scene'')
+* '''Minthara''': A few pointers, Lae'zel. I heard you and your lover locked in combat, but the test you set was not rigorous enough.
+* '''Minthara''': Next time, tie them to the ground, and do not release them until you are both satisfied.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Hmm. You have given me ideas...
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene'')
+* '''Minthara''': You fight harder than ever now that you have a lover to protect from harm, Lae'zel.
+* '''Minthara''': The githyanki should encourage relations between their soldiers. It is a proven tactic for morale.
+* '''Lae'zel''': We need no boon for morale - I fight well when there is kin at my side. And now, I count one more among them.
 === {{Banter|Jaheira}} ===
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+(At [[Grey Harbour Docks]])
+* '''Jaheira''': Ugh. I have no love for the sea, but the city would not be what it is without these ships. That lends them a kind of beauty, I suppose.
+* '''Lae'zel''': Indeed. There is no more impressive sight than a githyanki spelljammer with its astral sails unfurled.
+* '''Jaheira''': A sweeter sight still, the world those ships might make if you plied them between the planes. Interplanar learning, trade...
+* '''Lae'zel''': Trade? Why stoop to barter when you have the power to take what you need?
+<hr>
+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene'')
+* '''Jaheira''': Lae'zel. My brief time on the Astral Plane left quite the impression. You must miss it dearly.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I don't hail from the Astral, Jaheira. My glimpse was as brief as yours, before we were cast back to the Material.
+* '''Lae'zel''': If only I might have remained there. Oh, to soar the skies above Tu'narath atop a red dragon...
 === {{Banter|Minsc}} ===
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+(''If the player is romancing Lae'zel; after act 3 romance scene'')
+* '''Minsc''': Bah! Fine, Boo. Lae'zel - my hamster wishes me to tell you:
+* '''Minsc''': You are the most beautiful thing he has ever seen.
+* '''Lae'zel''': I'm afraid I can't return the sentiment - but I know of some githyanki who would find him quite... appealing. Mouth-watering, in fact.
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