Wiser by Day, Tired by Night

- I wonder how did Luo managed to get 10 Trust value? Where did it come from? How did it manifest? Same with Cyan after she ran away from the orphanage, how did she still have a Trust Value of 9?

- Also, the orphanage leader dude definitely took some Fear booster thingy cuz there’s freakin zombies everywhere in that orphanage and he seems to be the only one in control

- Also Cyan said Luo is ‘no longer here’. Did the DOS manager made some sort of backdoor deal with the orphanage leader after finding him so that Cyan won’t go looking for him? So that DOS can have her fully focus on being a hero and not searching for Luo? They must’ve offered a pretty good deal for the orphanage leader to leave her with DOS. And maybe also because he doesn’t wanna ruin his reputation completely so he’s choosing not to pursue her.

- I love Cyan’s and Luo’s parallels, one known as a lucky person and the other an unlucky one, maybe when they’re together their luck balances the other out.

- Also (with regards to Liu Zhen and his boss’s interaction) definitely seems like thinking or saying anything bad about heroes gets you ostracised by society. I wonder if it’s because somehow it’s taboo because if enough people talk bad about heroes, thus sowing doubt, their Trust value turns into Fear value and we’d get another Zero? And so whatever missayings about the heroes gets stamped down hard?

- On that note, Queen said she wanted to overturn the Trust Value system in the news, and with the random person throwing around those brochures while screaming ‘Accept Fear!’. Maybe Liu Zhen is working with the Spotlight Organisation?

- And again with the consistent theme of each of our heroes being guided by others (especially Yang Cheng) on what they should be. Even in the final part where Luo and Cyan try to escape the orphanage, it’s Luo pulling her along, leading the way rather than her taking charge of her own decision.

- As some people pointed out, I am also in the belief that the first person who gave her the coin is X, X guiding our heroes indirectly hehe we love to see it!

No thoughts head empty, just thinking about how maybe when Mydei first started fighting on his own again (against the black tide) he also had to watch himself a lot more now that he no longer had Phainon to protect his back or defend him, so in the first few months he died a lot more than he did before, having to get used to fighting entirely alone again.

Just like before when he was stuck in the sea of souls fighting for his life in every moment for years. And he starts missing Phainon a lot more.

Sure, he’s used to dying by now but to go against the flow of the river of souls to return to the land of the living is no easy feat either. And now he has to go through that process more and more bc Phainon isn’t around to cut down the number of times he dies in battle.

Without their playful banter, his lonely existence becomes ever evident once more, the days and months blurring together until he’s unable to tell how long it’s been. But it doesn’t matter now because the Flame Reaver is aiming for Okhema, and he needs to protect Phainon & the rest of his friends from this fiend, this scoundrel who has stood in their way many times. He never knew he could feel relief and dread simultaneously until Castorice informed him of the Flame Reaver’s whereabouts. He hadn’t heard the sound of another’s voice in what seemed like eons.

He swore the world stopped for a second the moment his eyes landed on that familiar figure.

Phainon. The Deliverer.

Mydei had never anticipated that they’d meet again like this. As dire the situation is, he thanks fate for granting him one more chance to lay eyes on the man that had become an inseparable part of his life.

I see now. Penacony was just the experimental phase. Amphoreus is the real deal emotional devastation.