I Told Thee So

After every warning is ignored and every sensible plan abandoned, one companion must quietly undo the resulting disaster. The cleric’s triumphs are measured less by enemies defeated than by warriors mended when the dust finally settles.

Performed by Halo Audelle, the song treats the cleric’s exasperation as an expression of affection rather than bitterness. Its title refrain is not a boast from someone pleased to have been right, but the weary recognition of someone who knew exactly what would happen, warned everyone plainly, and chooses to forgive and heal them anyway.

When the dragon lieth slain and the company begin composing heroic accounts of the victory, someone must still mend the warrior. That neglected moment inspired I Told Thee So. The cleric’s triumphs are measured not by disasters prevented—her warnings have already been ignored—but by disasters patiently undone. She possesseth infinite compassion and only finite patience, yet when the dust setteth, it is the healer whom every eye seeketh first.

Halo Audelle became the natural voice of that long-suffering heart. Her warmth transformeth weary resignation into genuine affection, allowing each exasperated refrain to sound less like complaint and more like the loving sigh of one who already knoweth she shall forgive thee. I asked her to sing neither as martyr nor saint, but as the companion who understood precisely how the tale would unfold and remained beside everyone regardless. Thus “I told thee so” becometh no boast of being right. It is a tender lament… followed, inevitably, by healing.