(in news that surprises nobody I have a whole bunch of feelings about a certain soft bard boy who the game had the audacity to make me care even more about despite knowing the inevitable conclusion)
But also as a bard main the constant "I'm not -completely- useless!" refrain in Ktisis resonates, and then That Whole Scene with the reckless improvisation Confluence fakeout is just chef's kiss
Pretty sure you can't come out of the Elpis section and not ship tbh (god, the postural storytelling in that other cutscene we shall not speak of. Just agh. Right in the feels)