I won't pretend to be surprised. After all, we were forewarned by Obsidian Entertainment months before Avowed released that the companions wouldn't be romanceable. "If we were going to do romance, we were going to really, really, really do it right — or not at all," and Obsidian definitively chose "not at all" for its newest fantasy RPG adventure.
Now that I've rolled the credits on Avowed and published my very positive Avowed review for Windows Central, though, I'm struck for the first time by the sad truth that I am alone on Valentine's Day... But not for lack of or desire for human companionship, only because Kai (and his voice) will never reciprocate my one-sided feelings. I asked Giatta and Yatzli, too, but the former is too engrossed in her animancy research, and the latter, while flattered, is already enamored by her intelligent, wealthy, and elegant lover whom I can't quite bring myself to hate.
