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Drood dude was pretty mad gay, but a decent guy.
Gale was a proper bro tho.
>Meet the guy after pulling him out of a portal
>Go around doing magic shit
>More or less cool with what I do so long as it's not objectively heinous
>Eventually opens up to me
>"Yeah so I'm literally a mana bomb waiting to happen because I fucked the magic godess and did something really stupid to prove myself to her."
>That's bullshit but I'll believe it
>Help him sort out his magic problem for a while
>Slowly opens up more
>Realize the dude's just incredibly lonely since the woman he loved no longer wants to see him after he fucked up
>Try to help him get over her
>Go adventuring and doing crazy magic shit
>Make sure he feels like a part of the team
>Share several (platonic) intimate moments over magic and his connection to it
>Help him connect to the magic stuff since it reminds him of when things were good
>Clearly 100% appreciates it
>Turns out the goddess he screwed gave him a jihadi switch to manually detonate the mana bomb
>Convince him not to at the first chance he gets
>Eventually make it to the final boss fight
>Realize I'm completely fucked for pots/rests
>"Hey Gale, you still have that mana bomb in you right?"
>"Naaaah fuck off bro, not happening"
>"Alright, just figured I needed to mention it"
>"Yeah, actually, maybe that's a good idea"
>Dude climbs up to the final boss
>Blows himself up for everyone
>Get to retire with my half elf paladin wife because best bro gave his life for us all
>Tell my gf about it
>Calls me a stupid faggot
>Hasn't spoken to me in 2 weeks
Fuck this game.