Yeah, and that whole thing turned out to be a waste of time anyway.

So I've heard. Have you read all the way to the end of the book, then?

Later they even have sex, in an uncomfortably written scene.

Oh great - another Paolini sex scene. Just what everyone wanted. 🙄 What's so attractive about Kira anyway? Ooh, an incompetent boob infested by an alien parasite who has the maturity of a twelve year old - what a catch.