That could be it but I also stood next to him for a minute and he didn’t move up the stairs.
It could be that being impatient and “leaving” boldurs side messes up the Event System/Pathfinding.
Regardless it makes Boldur look a bit overly attached
, but who wouldn’t be overly attached when the whole experiment crew that you are working with, dies right before your eyes and the only way to mask your horror of the cruelty of life is to decent into madness even further.
Boldur refuses to start the experiment as he gazes at the observatory, he doesn’t want to watch more people die.
In the end he has to do it and he knows that, doomsday is knocking right on your door in a slowly dying universe. THAT could be cannon, I accept it as my new headcanon about boldur.
I was always wondering, after you defend the observatory in the beginning boldur gets really excited. The group that came to help him succeeds and suddenly he sees hope again.
note i didn’t unlock boldurs lore yet