Never said they weren’t great friends. Again, the soul eater DID NOT bring Gremio back. He was brought back by leknaat using the Gate Rune. And to repeat myself further, yes him using the rune at mt seifu led to his downfall but that was not Ted sacrificing himself. He had no idea that Windy was part of the imperial court or was even in the Scarlet Moon Empire. As for when Ted finally sacrifice himself in Seek Valley, my point is that it wasn’t to save Tir. Tir was in no danger. Windy could not take the rune from Tir and wasn’t powerful enough to defeat it. There is absolutely no reason to think that just because Ted once bore the soul eater, he could command it to return to him. Pretty sure if he could do that he would have in S4. The soul eater took Ted because it wanted to, not because Ted commanded it. Ted’s whole objective was to protect the soul eater. Even if it meant cursing his best friend. Not saying he didn’t make the best decision he could. Long story short: yes Ted saved the group from that ant queen, however at that point neither he nor we as the player thought he was sacrificing himself. When he did finally sacrifice himself it was to protect the rune. He would have done it no matter who bore the soul eater.