The right choices made me remember of Valravn fight, you can guess pretty well just by the dialogue, but missing aglaecwif scene, now THAT caught me off guard.
Right the first route I took was going "Left" and grabbing all of the lore despite missing the power and skill with the Eye Deal, but then Laurie died and I was PISSED like to a nauseating degree at Cole and Jared (still am even with saving her).
Depending on the future, if we don't get any psychical connection with Laurie like we didn't (or haven't yet?) with Danica; I may just let her die, as it was a very captivating and fitting end to the Massacre.
Then again, my issue is also the Eye, I love taking it, and I've always had a GUT FEELING that it's a better choice than the Horn. Giving it away to Aglaecwif could be a potential loss down the line. The way I see it, the MC is stupid, mind numbingly so; missing a bunch of info from her is stuff we could potentially figure out later on down the line, just a matter of patience. You also miss out on stats down the line because you ask the questions. To top it all off, you can't even ask all of the questions, so unless W.W implements knowing that info as plot changing, he'd have to do it for every single question and that just spirals into a huge mess.
My concern is the end of update message where a lot of the beginning choices of this will be major down the line. That could play into breeding with Aglaecwif, learning Ella's plan to prevent something, losing the Eye, having higher stats by choosing all the power of skill for a later fight, the list goes on.
I just wish the thought would leave my mind but one thing is for certain; this has been the hardest choice I've ever had to make in a game, second being choosing between the Horn and Eye.
Sidenote: My reason for liking the Eye is cause I think understanding monsters on a personal level is the key to getting more power. Sure it may Corrupt you and cost you not only public/gov opinions or lose some of your morals but oh well I don't really care about any of that to begin with. I REALLY loved the end of this update's Bonfire feelings choice after you get praised by everyone. You have the option to pick between liking it or hating it, and of course I chose hating it. But what I REALLY loved about it was what the MC said, like it was coming from my own head on how he only cares about using his power for himself and a select few others, rather than just being all for himself everyone else be damned. A Corrupt Harem Master is my end goal so having the power to protect people close like destroying everything else standing in the way even if it is morally wrong is the vibe I got and a perfect way to end the update.