Also re:options and dealing with devils and such, I still find it funny (I understand WHY it is what it is, but like, from a narrative standpoint) that Raphael is talking about "When all hope runs out you'll come to me" and such, but when he tries to make a deal with us it's like. I am not that desperate for the tadpole cure by that point. We have the artefact, we have a plan, there's at least one Netherstone in our pocket. My Tav didn't eat a single tadpole so hers is rather meek still, and some other Tav who ate a lot of them might not even be that afraid anymore, cool powers and all. And the Hammer - well, not everyone might even want to help Orpheus, and my urchin was immediately of the mind to steal it when it was revealed where it is.

Depending on a Tav/Durge, that whole scene can come off not as a devil tempting us with a pact, but as a devil begging us for help instead of vise versa.

But there's this one glaring issue with a ticking timer, one my Tav has no plan for and is frankly terrified about, one laced with love and therefore desperation that could've been manipulated easily, one where hope indeed runs dry and they might be just one step away from doing something they regret about it... And our dramatic devil right there doesn't pull that thread? Doesn't catch me hook line and sinker? Raph, buddy, you're losing your bite.

(Again, I understand that it was clearly never planned for and the tadpole issue by design should be the most pressing one, but, like. In-character? It's funny. Such a lost opportunity for him. Could've had his crown of a silver platter in some playthroughs.)

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