'Oh there's a tale that sounds juicy. I'll have to ask him to tell it sometime.'

And Thrawn's ineptitude for politics itself... Well, no one was good at everything. Even the prodigies and the geniuses of the world had areas where they were lacking. Astarion knew that better than most given his friendship with Gale who- while certainly learned- had not been given the gift of the gab.

Seeing his bag being moved then, he dove for it- and crawled into the opening at the top. Might as well make sure that all his things were accounted for.

Admittedly it would be through rifling through them in a very small form, but still. Perhaps he was a little restless.