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not to grip your shoulders desperately for a moment, but i never personally saw caithe’s egg thievery as an illogical progression of her character. there’s a consistent thread of this profound loneliness and uncertainty in her throughout the personal story. i don’t blame people for finding her later actions random, either, because it’s possible to just miss a lot of this stuff and some time had transpired - but look at the twilight arbor dungeon, where she enlists you, rytlock, and logan to help her confront her evil ex (afraid of succumbing to her plant wiles). and rytlock and logan get angry at her, and both ditch mid-dungeon. leaving only you by her side - which she comments on. and meanwhile faolain is saying, look how all your friends abandon you, no one will stick by you - but i will, so give up and come to the dark side already. and you can see how caithe believes this, with only the commander as her anchor otherwise. and caithe is basically gripping the commander for dear life at this point. there’s that vision from the pale tree of the doomed future where destiny’s edge never reconciles, and caithe feels so hopeless and alone she does actually run back to faolain. and at lion’s arch where she first tries to get destiny’s edge back together, and they only bicker and storm off - and she, despondent, is left with a sylvari commander who can assure her that they are still here for her, at least, and caithe says, no, you’re right…i suspect that will be my only comfort that gets me through the nights to come. she is literally sending you (sylvari commander) DMs like this

and then in comes mordremoth telling her You cannot trust anybody. You cannot trust yourself. And you cannot trust even the commander.

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average wvw player

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the precipice of possibility

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realm of dreams

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the convoy enters a new world blindly

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peitha's running commentary while you are actively trying to fight off a random kryptis possession is the funniest thing ever. last two make for interesting foreshadowing

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one thing anet has done a stellar job with in soto is integrating the collections with lore and story. absolutely fun to do them as a lore hound and it feels less like a checklist and more intertwined with the story itself

weird to play this memorial as a commander fresh from the losses of the dragon cycle though - hard not to be bitter about the wizards sitting on their ass through it all and while you can mourn the losses of those fallen against the kryptis, most of the ward are so dismissive of the threat of the dragons its kind of incredible. interesting stuff all round

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a world unseen

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hidden arcana

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dagda's reading foreshadowing arina's return, isgarren fuckery and zojja facing a choice ...

all referenced cards

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"why did i need to forget his face, mabon"

hm. something homosexual is afoot

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another day, another broken daily