I already had a hint of what was going to happen when Holo touched the feathers. She definitely is not the type to do that, so it felt very unnatural.

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But it wasn't just Lawrence in a panicked state, since Horo did go to Deanna to ask her to lie to Lawrence so that he would still travel with her to Yoitsu. If Horo felt she needed that to convince Lawrence, so she must have been deeply worried herself.
This was what saved the whole outcome for me. It showed that Holo does indeed care for Lawrence the same level he does for her, maybe even more. The other thing that made it such a perfect outcome was the fact that Lawrence would have won regardless of Holo's assistance. If Holo was not there, the Bird God would have given the stones to Lawrence, and Lawrence would have utterly crushed Amarty. The last bit about Amarty having offended Holo (which I imagine is very easy to do considering the smug shota's personality) also absolved Holo of being deceptive (and evil).

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I suppose we all should have had more faith in Horo.
You just had to say it. Now I feel guilty.