I wholeheartedly endorse this message: improve Lora's chances of not dying and allow non-mains with Pet Pal to converse with him. The People have spoken, Larian: they want to love the squirrel, not loathe him for what he does to our characters, our parties. He should be a celebration, not a nuisance. Amen.
This. A thousand times this.
It sucks that in a coop game between friends a second player with pet pal doesn't count, even if he can speak to every other animal in the game.
