Talk:Valmiro/@comment-76.100.217.204-20141029165909

Of all the "intended" romance-able characters, Valmiro seems the only human who would find it very much easier to welcome and accept that the Arisen he loves is now, essentially, the housing for the Arisen's pawn. (Selene, of course, would welcome and accept, but then, she is a pawn turned human.) Valmiro's dialogue throughout the game suggests he is intelligent, empathetic and actually understands the nature of responsibility. "You do this of your own free will," he tells the Arisen, which is insightful ... the Arisen *does* choose to go on his quest (and the whole concept of will is central to the story). Without denying his affection for his friend or denegrating his friend's choices, Valmiro knows his life's path lies in another direction. That beach scene really is well done. But only Valmiro seems to grasp the importance of will, the need to follow your heart (whatever form that takes) and the value of being different.

The sad thing about choosing Valmiro as a love interest is he's then stuck in that little two-room house. Being there with Selene for company probably helps, but Valmiro, driven by curiosity and a longing for answers to big questions, ached for the wide open world. In dragging him back to Cassardis, for love's sake, do we hobble him?

It's a conundrum. I like Valmiro best of all the options, but I don't want to cage him. I can hardly call it love if I deny a person what he most values and wants! He didn't choose to end his adventuring; Grigori ended it for him. And now, Valmiro won't even leave my house except to follow me around Cassardis. So sad.