Best pirate boyfriend, hands down. Especially since the skill is being used to help them be safe and together. Which is so shocking. But right. This is right for them.

"I've never done it before either, unless you count memories from alternate lifetimes that are in my head. And I don't."

He never got to make this decision for himself, as himself. And Balthier asked, and he's agreed and it matters.

"Oh love, you're always insufferable," he says, but his voice is full of sweet amusement. "And yet I keep coming back."