[Now there was a voice he was hoping to hear! After all, they'd gotten on so well before, he'd feel as if he'd missed a fantastic opportunity if he never caught up with him again. He made no attempt to hide the way he looked Astarion up and down, obviously approving of the costume change.]

I could say much the same for you! Well glad I am to know it lives up to your expectations. As I suspected; it was an absolute crime to put you in anything less. I'm glad I get to see you whole again, I'd have hated to be left wondering.

[He even tipped that plumed hat for him, the smile roguish and bright.]

Seems a bit odd to steal someone's belongings only to toss them in an unguarded hole, but then again hazing rarely has much of a point past idle cruelty. I suppose we should both be glad the cruelty today was just obnoxious inconvenience. In spite of those rags, you still made an impeccable first impression on me.

But here I am rambling on; a drink? On me, this time.