ππππππ π‘πππππ /Β ππππππ πππππππ - smart until infected with stupid
You think you're safe don't you? You are probably the responsible one in the group, perhaps even the mom friend. You are relatively smart, but all it takes is one little thing to suck all your braincells out. It could be hanging around your fellow stupid friends, it could be being left alone, it could be having a bit too much fun. The stupid lives inside you and it just takes the right environment for it to show.
You think you are the smartest person on earth as you put your spoon in the microwave to make it easier to scoop ice cream. You give awful advice that sounds smart when spoken but terrible when executed. You insist on doing things yourself and are so absolutely sure you are doing everything right. Your confidence gives you charm, as well as the bravery to do the dumb things that you do
kassandra & barnabas' relationship is one of the purest i have ever seen in a video game because although they clearly have a father-daughter bond, they see each other as best friends. in the countless quests they share with each other they always, always have each other's back. when kassandra says something barnabas believes her 100% no question asked. when barnabas says something kassandra is 100% on board matter what. there is literally a quest in which you have to find barnabas' dead wife after he got a vision and kassandra jumps on the occasion to help him and he turns to her and says, βa lot of people would have called me crazy, but you didn't. you truly are my best friendβ
AND when kassandra finds herself in ELYSIUM of all places, face to face with HERMES, the creator of the staff that's keeping her immortal, she regrets barnabas isn't here at her side to witness it. it's making me go insane. what the hell. they're best friends!!!! you know when kassandra gets back from messara after slaying the minotaur she begins by saying βbarnabas! you'll NEVER believe what happened in messaraβ and then she catches herself and says βactually, you probably willβ. she says βi found π the legendary labyrinth π€« near knossosπβ because she knows her word won't be challenged and so she can boast all she likes. so SO important.
ALSO the fact that he is the ONLY one to know of her immortality. because she knows he'll trusts her. she could've told her mother who knows about the bloodline but noooo. kass chose βyour father was living in a volcano???β barnabas. who knows NOTHING of pythagoras. bffs!!!!!!!
ALSO ALSO when she discovers atlantis and tells both herodotos & barnabas and asks them to keep quiet about it and he instantly goes βyou have my word! βΊββ without any hesitation. that is friendship. and also craziness. it's so so SO funny they're just like oh okay π you literally proved that a myth about superior human civilization was actually true. you're doing great!! but it's no big deal. they're completely insane but in the superior way. they're the superior duo. the ππππ duo. the crazy & crazier duo. the βi take leaps of faith for fun even though i was thrown down a mountain as a childβ & βi pick up a shovel and use it to break you out of prisonβ duo.
they literally trust each other at the very beginning of the game when they have no tangible reason to do so, but they *chose* to do it anyway. odyssey is about choices in a much deeper level than just selecting a dialogue option