I can't wait to watch Essek and Caleb fall for each other all over again. The flirting and dancing around another. ESSEK ABSOLUTELY CRUSHING THE SCOURGER FOR TOUCHING CALEB. The manipulation to try and get things from another. THE LESSONS IN DUNAMIS!! The forehead kiss on the boat, and Caleb looking in to his soul and tells him, "You were not born with venom in your veins. You learned it. You learned it "
I wanna see the moment when Essek figures it out. The oh fuck I'm screwed moment when he realizes he loves all of them and that they are the only friends he's ever truly had. I wanna see ESSEK CALLING HIM A YOUNG MAN IN THE TOWER.
The realization that they're both just imperfect people going through fire, they've been burnt, and that they are healing. APE-LEB picking hurt Essek up and trying to get the healers to heal him. Learning to trust and the small touches that feel like they weigh tons. Then the eventual making it out despite everything, and making a life together.
Fearne asking after the Wildmother because of Orym is such a quiet but meaningful moment that most of the party likely missed or didn’t quite understand. Fearne is the one who waited with Orym to see what happened to his sword. She knows that he’s received her blessing before. He may not outright worship the Wildmother, but there is a connection, and Fearne wanting to visit the Wildmother for him, to pray on his behalf or ask the Wildmother to watch him for her, is so beyond sweet.
the circle of the crimson mirror is a CRAZY candela circle you've got imari as the hottest former soldier ever, freaky boy alexander ward as a freaky boy doctor, AIMEE IN SOFT DRAG MAKEUP, and taliesin playing the world's gayest investigator to ever exist. also liam obrien.