I agree that Larian focused too much on romance, to offer for every character an option in that departement and as a result lacks friendship/compagionship focused part. I also had the option fylimar mentioned but let's be real every emotional conversation afterwards is still just a soft version of a romance. It always will have a bad taste because you know that this was intented for romance and not frienship stuff.
Like already mentioned Bioware is a good example for non-romantic compagnionship where you bond with characters without naughty thoughts or aiming for a relationship. You get the options to say "I care for you, you are my friend." Many dialog options you can choose in Baldurs Gate 3 feel wrong and don't reflect what I wanted to say to the character. And when there is an option that you think would be right the compagnion gets it the wrong way. I really miss things like having a brawl, a little drinking/shooting competition, discussion why a scientist sings, chill for a moment, sparring or simply play pranks on the other compagnions.
Now that i think of it there are a lot Pathfinder Lann situations here. Compagnions reading too much into you being nice. Some of your answer option could even be written by Lann. "2. Tell me what you like about me." .... "Thank you Lann. You are awesome Lann."
