"Oh, how comforting," he says, the first word on a gasp as his world is turned upside down. It's very beautiful, the room, but being in this position makes what he was going to say more terrifying. Best not to say he can't trust someone that has him hanging head-first over a hard floor.

The subconscious mind and body remember this feeling, which is the only thing keeping him even sort of relaxed in this position because his in his conscious memory he does not. Despite not panicking, there's still traces of fear in his brows furrowing upward.

"Suppose that means I should tell you everything then." He has an idea... and he wonders if Astarion will fall for it.