Boo! A voiced protagonist is something that I really, really wanted, so that’s disappointing if that’s the right conclusion to draw. 4203 lines seems a lot to me for just barks and the odd comment, and I feel it makes sense either just to have those or a fully voiced PC, whereas a halfway house seems likely to please noone. And clearly there’s a big difference between 4K and 30K, but Astarion would need a whole lot of lines as a companion as well as a protagonist that Tav doesn’t, as well as all his personal quest stuff. I’ll admit it’s looking unlikely on the basis of this info, but I’m not going to despair just yet.
Unless someone can tell me that 4K words actually isn’t many at all even for a minimally voiced protagonist?