Hmm - an old flame, perhaps? [ A sly look, then a shrug. ] Or a doting auntie.

[ Either way - there's a sharpening of his gaze as he starts to catch on that, perhaps, maybe he has seen this man before. Possibly in the workshop.

Very likely in the workshop. Well, it's not really his job to keep track of his coworkers...]

He did not. But someone has to, and I get the sense he prefers not to have to be a salesman, so...

[ That's what he has employees for. Also making things, obviously, but that's not Astarion's department.

If Viktor ever needs something tricky disassembled, though, he'd happily offer more hands on services... ]