Okay, I am a fan of spirit of justice, but I do think there was a missed opportunity (a couple actually, but one I want to focus on tonight Major spoliers, you've been warned.)
We see Dhurke and Inga both as fathers, and we see how they interact with their children, and there's a dichotomy that I think could have been given more attention.
-Dhurke is a good person, but he's not a good father. (At least, not to Apollo-Yuty is kinda cagy most of the game so its hard to say.) He loves his sons, but his mission comes first. saving his wife and his nation is the priority. Granted, by sending Apollo away he did prevent the kid from being mixed up in a war, but even so, he never explained anything to Apollo, not even as an adult, not until he had to. just dumped him into the foster care system, so long, good luck. No wonder Apollo feels weird about seeing him again, this was his Father! up until he wasn't. then walk right back in to his life-but still not here for him.
-Inga is a horrible, horrible man, but very devoted to taking care of his daughter. he would move heaven and earth for her, to the point of spoiling her quite a bit-despite probably knowing she was amara's daughter, and therefor dhurkes, (though maybe Garan faked pregnancy, i don't know.) he was her DAD. nothing was too much, anything for her. all while maintaining the grip on the nation, and delighting in executions and death of anyone the regime finds "guilty".
And like. I think that's so fascinating, you know? I don't think Dhurke is wrong by any means to prioritize saving his wife and removing Garan from power, but it is a sacrifice he chose to make and even the most noble of goals comes at a cost. One he could have lessened by i don't know. explaining even the simple version to young Apollo, or even getting real with him as an adult, but no. it's not until dhurke is dead that he manages to reconnect, and only because the mission worked out conveniently to do it.
Meanwhile, Inga gets humanized a little, without pretending he's not a gleeful participant in everyone wrong in the nation, welding power like a bat and reminding people that even the most evil humans are still human-a terrifying thing to have to reckon with, that monsters walk around the same as anyone else-and that Rayfa will probably always have complicated emotions about it, since he was all of these monsterous things-and her dad.
Also, why not send Nahyuta? is it because he's attached to the last name sahdmadhi? because he dosn't look american? because he wants Nahyuta to help take back his homeland? what?
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