I'd just like to reiterate that I, personally, did not make the choice. I left it up to Lhose. Her life, her decision.
It's absolutely an unacceptable dick move to kill the ONLY skillbook vendor for all the elemental skills and the polymorph skills at a point when you're not even likely to notice until after a tough boss battle - maybe THE toughest boss battle, second only to possibly the final one.
