Baldur 39-s Gate 3 Site

Later, when the others slept, Lae’zel stood watch alone. Her fingers brushed the crimson cord on the hilt. She did not remove it.

“You’re missing something,� Karlach said.

“Tch. You fight like a ghustil ’s apprentice, Karlach. But you give gifts like a kith’rak .� She resettled her greatsword across her back. “When we reach the creche, I will tell the inquisitor that you are… acceptable.�

“You are a soldier of Avernus,� Lae’zel said at last. “Not a smith. Not a quartermaster.�

Karlach sat down across from her, close enough that the heat from her chest made the frost on Lae’zel’s pauldron hiss.

Then Lae’zel did something Karlach had never seen her do.

Later, when the others slept, Lae’zel stood watch alone. Her fingers brushed the crimson cord on the hilt. She did not remove it.

“You’re missing something,� Karlach said.

“Tch. You fight like a ghustil ’s apprentice, Karlach. But you give gifts like a kith’rak .� She resettled her greatsword across her back. “When we reach the creche, I will tell the inquisitor that you are… acceptable.�

“You are a soldier of Avernus,� Lae’zel said at last. “Not a smith. Not a quartermaster.�

Karlach sat down across from her, close enough that the heat from her chest made the frost on Lae’zel’s pauldron hiss.

Then Lae’zel did something Karlach had never seen her do.