Eh, what makes you think he can't? Gale's whole deal is that he has extremely low self-confidence and that he believes he has to proof himself "worthy" in about everything. He finds it hard to imagine why you'd keep him around if he isn't useful. And because he spent a year in solitude and previously in a relationship with non-corporeal being, his self-doubts strike again when dealing with an area he might not be spectacularly skilled in.
Astarion in the beginning only asks what the world can do for him, what he is owed; Gale only asks what he can do for the world as not to be perceived a failure.
Last edited by Anska; 18/03/24 09:52 AM.