That's Meant to be a Secret
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Yabbin (Or, Yet Another Bite Nite) by ThePaladinProse (shockdowndefiance) for sundogsandrainbows
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
20 Sep 2025
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He crawled back to camp, stomach knotting itself with hunger, nearly doubling over from the pain, the need. He was thankful that no one had been badly injured that day - no scent of blood lingering in the air to drive him deeper into desperation.
He was also thankful that Jen hadn't questioned him putting his tent a distance from the others, though he barely had enough energy to grab his bedroll and drag it inside. He collapsed into the middle of the assorted blankets and pillows he'd accumulated, burying his face in them.
After a long moment, Astarion turned over so he was laying on his back, and settled his breathing into a routine pattern. Maybe, hopefully, reverie would let him ignore his hunger for a few hours.
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It's been nine days since Astarion found freedom via a tadpole in his brain and being dumped in the wilderness. Nine days since he tagged along with people that were either annoyingly kind or annoyingly secretive.
Nine days of near-constant travel, combat and hunting animals for food. Nine days of slow, crippling exhaustion and a lack of enough blood to sustain him.
Nine days of being tormented by the memory of a drop of Jen's blood, and he was desperate.
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