This is an aside, but I love the insights Auntie Ethel’s vicious mockery can give into our companions, or their insecurities. In one of my current playthroughs, I’m fought her yesterday and the things she said to Gale were along the lines of “a human, wanting to be *special*’ and “at least the tadpole made you interesting”, reinforcing his self-worth issues. Though of course that doesn’t resolve the question of whether he responded to those by a grand gesture to prove a deity-worthy love, or by trying to steal enough power to become the equal of a deity.
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