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I am on my yearly play of BG2 and ToB but this time round I started with ToB as I wanted to be sure I'd find time to play the Sarevok romance. This is a thank you for such an appealing and delightful mod which adds so much more depth to the story of Sarevok.

I played a neutral good character and found the choices offered never once left me thinking that actually I didn't want to say any of that so I felt in character. His responses fitted my expectations of him and often made me smile, sometimes laugh out loud at the irony. I took Keldorn and Jaheira with me and I loved the conversation between <CHARNAME> and Keldorn regarding Sarevok. Again, so like the character I can see in Keldorn.

I respect your view about there being insufficient time for Sarevok to 'change' however, I disagree. I took the romance through Watcher's Keep as well so in fact it felt like we'd all spent rather a lot of time together and I've always been of the opinion that Sarevok's arrival at the PP was not entirely self-seeking in the usual sense. I detect curiosity about <CHARNAME> and some extensive thinking that has gone on *before* the events in ToB. But I found your 'ending' totally believable and thus my disagreement is minor in the great scheme of things!

Sarevok is not an easy romance to write though. Whatever my opinions of him outside the game and my view that redemption is possible, <CHARNAME> had plenty of room for grudges and tbh I had to respect them when I played her. But Sarevok won her over without her having to compromise her own beliefs or perhaps she won him over; it was never entirely clear to me if she started it or he did. They seem to arrive where they did naturally and with surprise yet at the same time a sense of the inevitable on both their parts. There are very sweet touches of the growing affection between them yet they seem almost unaware of the implications. That smacks of excellent writing to get that balance and so deftly and convincingly!

Thank you very much indeed for an excellent mod and one that I think fits well with ToB. It really is believable; it's funny, touching, ironic and sometimes very sad. I loved it!