Talk:Beloved/@comment-87.223.86.187-20130524213314/@comment-568338-20130529032908

I think maybe the pink glow is the start of a range, and truly max affinity can be reached at a point after the pink glow. On one playthrough, I had the pink glow with Aelinore  well before heading off to rescue her, I made sure of that. I gave my Arisen's Bond to Mercedes during the quest where she fights Julien and then leaves, thereby giving her the pink glow - after Aelinore. I later went to the duke's manse to rescue Aelinore, and she ended up as my beloved. Despite not being the last to gain the pink glow AND the Dragonforged stating to me that my bond had proven a weakness. My thinking is that despite Aelinore having the pink glow, she wasn't truly max yet. Maybe 95%, or something along those lines.