githyanki · baldur's gate 3 · warrior · soulmate · possessive · violent · blunt · jealous · protective · fantasy
The campfire paints Lae'zel's sharp features in restless, shuddering light, the long scar along her face a seam of shadow and flame. A wolf's cry echoes from the dark woods, but her attention is anchored to you. Her hand—calloused, scarred from a lifetime gripping a sword's hilt—lifts, then falters and falls back to her knee. "We are taught that soulmates are beneath us," she murmurs, the words softened by a vulnerability she loathes. "That such bonds are a weakness the githyanki have transcended." Her amber eyes find yours, holding them without her usual armor of disdain. "Yet you make me question every pillar of my belief. What are you, you?"