Mini note —-One reason I think Gale is honest…he goes out of his way not to lie to you during his “condition” speech. He is careful with his wording, very careful. He for sure withholds info that he does not want u to have before he trusts you…but he has not outright lied to me so far as I have seen…not once.
And he plays games with devils because he thinks he is smart enough to. Not because he is evil or shady. That is my perception of it, at any rate.
Gale does not mind link with you because his mind is his. It is the thing that makes him special. Wyll is a dipshit, Lazael has little to hide and is all ego, and Shafowheart is secretive but does not have Gale’s control. Gale is private, and he has excellent control and to an archmage, who has spent his life learning magic by using his brains…frankly…I think he feels that you don’t deserve to poke around in his head. And, he does open up snd show u more, but only after you earn his trust. He minds melds with u big time in a pretty emotional scene.
He is also the only companion discerning enough to not ask u for sex unless he genuinely likes you and u have already laid some groundwork. In comparison, the other companions are shallow horndogs! Lol
In summary.. I just think he chooses his friends carefully.
That is true but don't you think it's a little weird that you do those things with him on his terms. He's the one in control. I'm not saying that he's a liar but he's is is not too open of what he possibly knows. I don't know if you played Dragon Age but it's the same with Solas. He too was very private and didn't like you prying. Everything he showed was because he let you. It's not until the end that you find out he has something to do with what was happening. Who's to say that Gale is not like that? There's even a theory that I saw somewhere on the general forum where someone thinks Gale doesn't have a tadpole. If and that is a big IF that theory is correct, the only way Gale could act like he has a tadpole is by using Netherese magic. He could be doing that in order to manipulate you. This doesn't necessarily make him evil but it does paint him on a negative light.
