#rafliz

as a rafayel main, i cried during this story addition. i think it is a beautiful parallel between xavier’s story branch and rafayel’s … the themes and perils that involve returning home. the callbacks to both his god of tides myth & his lemurian sea god myth were excellent tie-ins as well, and it was cool to be able to utilize LSG in the main game story combat! when mc pushes him through the portal and rafayel says that he might not see her for a long time … it was SO reminiscent of that line in everywhere everything all at once, “in another life, i would’ve loved doing laundry and taxes with you,” … i was doing SO good about crying until the line about feeding his seagulls hit and I suddenly burst into tears. gosh, i cannot tell you the RELIEF I felt in my chest when he came back to see her catch the flammula 😭❤️ i adore rafayel. my favorite lore in the entire game and my comfort boy. my heart is yours