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- alright so my main idea here is “what if thoma’s vision was taken”

- we have two routes here: either he’s able to recover and move on with his life or he completely crashes and burns. i’ll cover both and my hcs for each

route a: he recovers

- ayaka definitely takes over the role of caretaker

- she does more of the housework, cooks meals for him, and avoids using her vision around him

- i think if he is able to get his life together, he would either sign a contract with taroumaru and work at the teahouse, or start up a restaurant (confirmed from NPC dialogue that he is an excellent cook) 

- another option is that he’s more determined than ever to participate in the rebellian against the raiden shogun, and puts more effort into helping the resistance and other citizens in need (like he helped us when we first entered ritou)

route b: he crashes

- we saw from the quest (the three wishes(?) i don’t remember the name) how distraught those who have had their visions taken are 

- so what if that happens to thoma?

- i think he’d have a major personality change. we see him right now as a friendly guy with connections here and there 

- he’d just hide in the teahouse or in the kamisato estate for a few days after, not wanting to be disturbed

- and afterwards, when he goes back out to the city, everyone kinda senses something is wrong

- no more smiles and waves from thoma, and he no longer stops to pet the cats and dogs that roam around

- ayaka tries to get through to him but he refuses help and puts up a wall 

- maybe he blames himself for getting captured

OR

- he’s filled with rage at the raiden shogun and not thinking straight, he goes to confront her

- and that doesn’t end well.