Lady Anshi's lover

This song is so upbeat, like if you tune out the words it's almost a love song esque, a love song which is a plea for help in a way.

I've always been trapped inside my fears. In a spotless night, lost in your sight. Beating in your gaze- the trace of me, I can't erase. Unfolding you, our eyes collide.

Like inferred, Luka is cowardly man. He's afraid of losing because of all Heperu has done to him and hence, the strategy exists of breaking others down mentally to give himself an edge.

Part of this was also stopping Luka's heart and in his interview, he talked about how important it was to keep your heartbeat level yet when he sees Hyuna, his microphone is red and you can hear that his heartbeat is so loud. He regresses to a more childlike innocent part of him that he (or rather Heperu) can't erase.

The eyes colliding is definitely a reference to the "this is my revenge" panel in the comics before Hyuna dies and I'm not listening otherwise.

Eyes on me, so easy, right? Even if we drift through at the same time, I can’t spot Every glance feels like a spark, A fuse tell me, what's the truth? In the breath, in mist, You disappear.

This is just speculative but I feel like the start is about how famous Luka is and guarded Heperu keeps him to the point that most information on his character sheet is unknown.

That's why even if Hyuna and Luka are in the same place like pre-ALNST Season 49, they still can't do much but only steal glances. As we know Hyuna didn’t push away Luka while they were in the garden, even after Hyunwoo's death.

The last part I think is meant to both show how little time they have together but also Hyuna disappearing after her stage blew up aka joining the rebels and her eventual death ofc.

Teach me What's the love Under sacred light We’re lifeless star Shining cold towards the end Use your sacred eyes You're my only sight. Beg you, Take my hand Woo-woo-woo, (you said love) Woo-woo-you could spare a piece.

Luka doesn't understand love, so he tries to learn from Hyuna by taking a piece of her world and her love, trying to spend as much time as he can with her.

Also didn't catch this until I wrote down the lyrics but "Take my hand" is Hyuna's last sub song. That's definitely intentional.

You've always understood me. A breathless chase, a restless mind. We can return to our fleeting moment - let’s visualize it.

"Let's visualise it" -> I'm sorry that was so much like a teacher telling me to use graphs or charts to understand stats or something 😭

Hyuna definitely understands how their environment of being human pets under seigyens, she has always been the one give him the most grace despite the kind of person he is. And, Luka holds onto the small moments when they interact, he holds on to the posters he sees of her in the absence of her physically.

Side tangent, imo Hyuna's acceptance and understanding of why Luka is the way he is, hinders her ability to grieve her brother properly and come to terms with it. She can't blame Luka because he didn't know any better but she can’t not help but feel betrayed that he is the reason her brother is no more.

Yet, she still can't stop loving him or push him away, which adds to her guilt. She clings onto him even though she shouldn't because like Luka only has her, after Hyunwoo's death, she only has him now, even her guardian (Phan) doesn't care enough to remember her.

Every glance feels like a spark A fuse can see, what's the truth Under sacred night, You’re aimless nova shining cold towards the end, Use your scared eyes.

After Hyuna joins the rebellion, Luka believes that she is just avoiding the truth and one day, she will have to open her eyes and accept her place as a pet just like Luka has already. He thinks the only way to keep her safe is with him, the rebels are never going to win against seigyens. She is aimless in the way she can't accept this "truth".

You're my only night Just let this fall into the light. Under sacred light, We’re lifeless star. Only this fall will cradle me. Within holy light, I will hold this tight Only Take my hand.

Only this fall will cradle me as a reference to that one "your existence is my cradle" art. Again, "take my hand" reference. Hyuna's really every good thing in Luka's life. She's his fire, his sun, his light, his cradle, his saviour, the ruler of his heart and everything.

[Edit: "weige" means cradle?? How am i finding this out so late??]

Woo-woo-woo (We made love) Woo-woo we whispered peace.

So do we mean they made love as in they were both in love with each other or you know the more obvious thing because I really didn't think Anakt Garden had a concept of sexuality and all that. You wouldn’t want these mostly unsupervised adults pre-ALNST season trying to reproduce, right?

[Edit: I saw someone say these two lines are a Love&Peace reference and even though it's more far-fetched than others, these lines felt a bit off to me so this would make them more in theme.]

As usual, this was such a beautiful song like all the other BL8M songs. This is also the first time that I did the entire song because there's so much to think about. (Is it obvious I have a hyuluka bias?)

Xiaolan being a cutie as usual, singing songs and Maomao having a shoujo filter in her vision, ahh they're so cute <3

I wonder if the wise tidbit about working in moderation comes from Xiaolan's friend (that was looking out for her in Ch1) or she's just becoming more independent now that Maomao's not around as much and she's learning to read numbers.

Also I love how Xiaolan's pov mentions so many little incidents in the servants' life that can only be assumed in the main story due to the setting. I think it does a really subtle way of setting up Xiaolan's ability to socialise/show she's a gossip and that despite being "not smart", she's still very observant. Her potrayal (and honestly every character in KnH) is so human and realistic to me.

References to the crown prince (face powder incident) and aphrodisiacs (Jade palace ladies eating the chocolates), I might love this too much actually.

First time, I read Xiaolan questioning if the dancing girl could climb that wall, I thought it meant Maomao's presence and "nothing's a curse" mentality made her more critical but I'm glad that Xiaolan just wants her favourite type supernatural to get the credit with thinking about beautiful nymphs instead.

Idk if anyone would agree here but I like that even though Xiaolan knows that dreaming of money and nymphs is unrealistic, she continues to fantasize and romantise her life. It's such a pure thing constrasted by the fact that her life is the consequence of being sold after years of malnourishment.

Xiaolan grew up poor, hungry and envious of the things others would have. Yet she doesn't wish to take away those things from others, she doesn't blame them for her misfortune, she just hopes for herself and the people around her. Her optimistic hopeful outlook on life is something I so dearly admire.

Another thing, I like how Xiaolan's using the experiences around to actually try to analyse now. She thinks about how Fuyo would have a good life, she's be fed and clothed well and never have to worry about being beaten till deaf (very naive of her to assume that last part tho).