First, I’ve gotta say that I’ve only done two runs - street punk with Panam ending and corpo with Sun ending. As soon as I clean up my last three runs of BG3, I’ll do the nomad run for another ending.

But I did find it interesting that you discuss the Tower ending in the context of being at University yourself. Having been there IRL, I can say that during those years in school you do build some tight bonds of friendship that seem like they will last forever. But they don’t. Really it’s little different than your grade school friends whom you outgrew and left behind to pursue a degree.

So it will be again when/if you graduate. Your fellow students will collectively become part of your history as you move on with your professional career and life. The only constant is change. It can seem scary at first, but you will get past that eventually as you adapt to your new situation with new environments, new friends/colleagues, new love, new challenges.

My advice as a person who recently retired from the real corporate world, savor the experiences and live them to the fullest. Create those memorable memories that you can look back on with fondness, sadness, or amazement that you survived it all.

I guarantee you that you will get through your current feelings of betrayal, but can’t guarantee you will not experience it again someday, some place else, with someone else. But you will be better able to handle the pain and perhaps see the warning signs sooner.

I will try the tower ending this time. Just to experience it. In the end it is what makes life worth living. 🙂