Two days...

Two days after accidentally overhearing you and Shadowheart; that's how long it took Astarion to make the decision to pack up his things and flee without leaving behind any trace of ever having been part of your little motley crew of adventurers.

At first, you hadn't understood why he disappeared without a word, but when you and your party eventually came across him at a small tavern the next town over, drunk, it all slowly began to make sense.

"You can't keep that... Thing."