It's so weird that the Emperor would not try to at least talk to Orpheus. He just assumes that Orpheus would just kill him on the spot but when you wake Orpheus he knows what's going on. Been save scumming to get different endings and the one where "someone" has to
himself. To me, it makes the choice of whether Tav
. or someone else completely pointless. There is no reason for any of that to happen if you choose the sacrifice path. It's like they don't trust that he can do it, but don't object at all when he tries and succeeds. They stayed turned but did not need to turn. It's somewhat disconcerting to me to make these choices several times.