( that's also an understandable question. karlach nods to herself in understanding, then realises and shakes her head instead. before she gives the wrong impression accidentally. )

I haven't.

( a simple, honest answer. it isn't lost on karlach how this encounter might become hostile, not when she's been looking for it since the start, but isn't until now that she really felt it. the centaur woman's eye is sharp, focused. she didn't follow her all this way for nothing.

respectable, really.

karlach cannot begrudge her. )

It's a pretty big decision to make. I thought I should think about it for a while first. Learn more about what's going on.