People talk about the surprise albums from people like Taylor Swift or Beyoncé that drop with zero warning but I have just been existing in this world where every album I've ever heard in my life has been a surprise album because I didn't know that musicians had schedules that we could see
TIL that Gothic literature makes a distinction between “terror” and “horror.” Terror is the sense of dread and apprehension that precedes an experience, horror is the sense of revulsion after an experience.
so after completing the game on my first playthru and eventually finding out Gale's personal quest beyond not wanting to blow up, i paid attention to his stats on new game
and lo and behold, Gale is very smart (intelligence) but also very dumb (wisdom)
Gale learns everything the hard way and sometimes not even then
Gale... the past is there to learn from for a reason..