just as note so i remember this later:

Vex’s death in that tomb is so much more agonising, because of how much Laura was playing Vex being protective of Vax throughout that episode and before, trying to help him with Kash and Keyleth, and just being his sister. Vax braiding her hair before they went down into that lake, the two of them joking together as Vex explored her new skills at dealing with traps and locks. the fact Vax was at the bottom of that pit and had no idea what happened at first

Percy’s mistake, and apology to Vax, and Vax punching him – is so much more painful because just 24 hours before they’d finally come closer and checked in with each other after Whitestone, and they’d decided to be family together. and Vax had chosen to trust him, and vice versa. And then, on both sides, that trust is cracked by this horrible, horrible mistake