Halsin, to ascended Astarion when he is worried Astarion is abusing the player:
To give oneself wholly, and to have a lover totally in your thrall...? A harmless game, until it becomes real. I worry for the two of you, Astarion. For your sake, I hope some of it is just a fantasy, deep in your heart.
Halsin to spawn Astarion as Astarion falls in love with the player:
Astarion, I am astonished. To relish in intimacy again after such hardship is a wound many never recover from.
Halsin, to player if the player sleeps with Mizora, then says they were manipulated into it:
Oh. Then I'm sorry to hear the encounter left a sour taste in your mouth. It can be... an unfortunate reality. I just hope it doesn't dissuade you from exploring nature's bounty. If you ever want to talk, my ears are all yours. Any part of me is yours, should you wish.
All of these are sweet, kind, supportive comments, expressing sympathy at either the player's or Astarion's trauma depending on circumstances (even understanding Astarion's behavior as a fantasy), hope for their healing, and giving solidarity. (In fact, in the latter, he hesitates before "an unfortunate reality" like he's considering saying something else.)
But what does Halsin have to say about himself when discussing his sexual abuse?
I was a foolhardy young druid, intent on seeing the beauty of nature's unworldly fauna and subterranean glow for myself..
It was not ideal... but not without its positives either. I did what was necessary to survive. And perhaps a few things that were less than necessary.
In other words- everything to downplay and victim-blame himself. His fault for being a "foolhardy young druid" who went exploring, and it didn't count because of him "doing some things that were less than necessary," and he thinks he should be grateful because he wasn't one of the elves killed and made into a decoration or put to work in the mines.
He has so much love and empathy for everyone, even the elf who likes to snark at him, but precious little for himself.
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