and if suo's refusal to eat is actually about keeping himself starved, so that even as he's away from bkk-gai, he isn't disconnected from their ground reality (of scarcity, of making do, of sorrows shared) i'm actually going to throw myself through a window
suo denying himself love and community in makochi so that he can stay connected to the people of bkk-gai. saying no to what's right in front of you because you know too many people who are having to go without it right now. so why shouldn't you too?
i like this interpretation. i admit i am also thinking about Persephone partaking in food of the underworld thereby tying herself to it. suo refusing to eat in makochi lest he find himself unable to leave
















