Ion? While she likes Ion as her master or whatever, I love her interactions with Luke the most.
And what is wrong with being a golddigger?
She's incredibly one-dimensional up to that point.
This isn't even getting into the spoiler reasons that make people really hate her. There comes a point in the game where I honestly wished I could leave Anise and have Arietta join my team instead.
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Geologists will date anything.