"Aah, you see, where I hail from, a bard--while an adventurous sort--is also a horrid liar who spreads overblown, self-aggrandizing tales that have only a passing resemblance to anything that actually happened," Astarion replied with a chuckle of his own. "We may have only just met, darling," HA, "but you strike me as far too level-headed--and thus far, too pleasant of company--for that."