I’ll just leave it here, I am beyond sad and disappointed.
So Withers doesn’t even mention dead Gale in the epilogue. There are two pretty extensive conversations with Withers in the epilogue regarding dead Karlach and how special she was. Another about dead Lae’zel and how special she was. In fact these are the only things you discuss with him, if either died, there is nothing else. I went through dead Karlach and it’s teary fluff how gods are blinded by her soul brightly burning in heavens.
When Gale sacrifices himself, Withers has a regular conversation with “you are a savior of Baldur’s Gate”. You can respond with “Gale is the true savior”, and Withers just goes “Be glad of thy chosen path”. Pretty much “Naah, that’s fine gurl”.
This is. This is bad. Just bad.