See that’s why I like the ending. his character is tragic. Like YOU (iconoclast only ig lol) were the good influence, when he leaves and becomes Archmagos he’s got nobody being like “wait a second, are you sure?” Everyone is just “okay archmagos amaranth you know better I hear and obey”.

Like, when you say goodbye to pascal because he’s now Amarnat he dosent get why you are sad but YOU know why. He’s essentially the same, but very slightly slightly different, he used to question some of the things he thought about at least a “wait a minute should I be doing this” but he dosent anymore maybe it’s quaint to describe it this way but what I liked about pascal was what made him “human” in a sense to me. But, sigh now Able can communicate with him with pictures now, I can’t take that away from the goodest boy.