they're gonna get to keyleth and tell her what's up and she's gonna pass the word up the chain and there's gonna be a half-elf who comes down blazing out of the sky on a broomstick screaming bloody murder and just snatching that orb out of the red moonbeam and proceeding to murder ludinus da'leth with her bare fucking hands
IS THERE ANYTHING MORE ADORABLY LESBIAN THAN CONFESSING YOUR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER AND SHARING YOUR FIRST KISS IN THE GROCERY SECTION OF THE FANTASY WHOLE FOODS-
okay. i mean this with the utmost affection. but. while imogen and laudna telling each other "im you're anchor. you're my tether" as reassurance about going "dark" or giving into the lure of power is very meaningful and important. it also kind of struck me like. hey wait one of you anchoring the other. fine. possibly-functional. but doesnt BOTH of you tethering to each other risk creation of a spinning centrifugal blur whirling down the road to power.
and like yes yes this isnt an original thought and the proper terminology for this is probably like "dual corruption arc" or in CR "i broke the world for you" yes but. i wanted to share the specific imagery my brain provided for this train of thought, which is roughly:
“i thought about you every moment.” “there wasn’t a moment i wasn’t thinking about you.” “where are you going?” “wherever you’re going.” “you make me better” “you’re my tether, my anchor” “you don’t have to listen in to get my thoughts, i’ll always share them with you. you can just ask” “can i kiss you?”