I’d forgotten how stupidly easy it is to convince Alistair to marry Anora.
Me: “You should marry Anora.”
Alistair: That’s stupid! Did you get hit on the head? That’s a terrible idea.
Me: (Cunning) No it’s a good idea and you know it too.
Alistair: You’re right, go tell her I agree.
Barely paraphrased, that’s basically the canon dialogue. Like you couldn’t even put it behind two skillchecks? Maybe force me to make an actual argument to convince him? Come on.
I’m actually thinking about clearing up some real estate, because losing cities to flips is making the Zulus retreat farther and farther into the tundra… so I’m going to get pretty useless rebellious cities pretty soon. I’m going to refuse this one when it flips.
Also, once again, got all the new achievements in Vampire Survivors. Not fond of the new character, she’s OP AF and takes what little challenge there is in the game out.
He knows, just trying to make an excuse the first time around but making it more of a discussion would have been interesting. Hardening the guy is the good way to go about most things.
You mean you don’t obsessively paint the map in cities and exploitable land in a frantic combination of imperialism and anxious frustration at seeing resources wasted?
He’s telling you of how the great chairman didn’t bathe either.
I’m aware, but I don’t need that information the whole time, so I just consult it periodically.
I don’t bite more than I can chew. I’m even refraining from founding new cities overseas (and there’s a pretty good unoccupied spot) because I’m trying to digest the ones I’ve already captured.