cutie mew mew magic!!

i was very charmed to see the multitudes of small and cute creatures on their head this chapter its so beautiful

Through the first few chapters of the game Ralsei is always trying to put a positive spin on everything even at his own expense. Whether it be Susie fighting everything, or simply food he doesn’t like. He always tries to say something positive about it.

But his response to Scarlixir is simply that it tastes gross. He still somewhat tries to put a positive spin on it by comparing it to medicine, but this is actually huge if you think about it. It doesn’t hint at any lore, which is what I was trying to decipher initially, but it shows how Ralsei is developing his own tastes, his own personality, allowing himself to feel negative emotions that he normally tries to suppress for those around him.

It might seem simple on the surface, but Ralsei allowing himself to openly say he doesn’t like a drink is a subtle and deceptively effective way represent his development, and leads into Chapter 5 where he outwardly and freely expresses more of his negative feelings.