<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=295282.msg14474402#msg14474402">Quote from: ZincStandard on 28-10-2018, 23:35:52</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Isn't a bond supposed to express why we feel loyalty to a party member?  Framing it as Vafi having already begun to earn Yulia's trust ties them together within the group, but still leaves room for their relationship to change<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>*had to verify what the definition of bonds were* Not necessarily.  It's described as "feelings, thoughts, and shared history that ties you together."  Fear is a reasonable feeling to have for a party member.  Isma wants to murder Yulia at some point, I can't say that be called loyalty.  You don't all have to be friends or even get along, you just have to work together.  Which can be a source of interesting drama between characters.<br/><br/>You could resolve the bond by finding out Yulia's fear was for nothing, and that Vafi was a good and kind person.  Or there could be a moment in which Yulia's fears are confirmed.  Maybe Vafi strikes down an evil witch, which verifies to Yulia (whether it is true or not) that Vafi is just another inquistor, and perhaps it is only a matter of time she turns on Yulia.