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Kim Soleum can not perceive anyone's face when he is 130666. I don't think there was a specific reason stated but I believe it is because he is more author than character in that moment.

Kim Soleum is always a bit different during the novel since he is not from that world and counts as ireum-nim.

For example he is the only one that can see Lee Jaheons true appearance. This could be because the world does not have to hide any truths from him and he is technically a creator.

People from the DER world go insane when they learn the truth of the world. However Kim Soleum is obviously unaffected and has been aware since the beginning.

Another possibility might be that even if any kind of knowledge (not specifically the truth but smth else) would cause him to enter a state of madness it would simply be passed of to his real body like a one sided game of hot potato.

So back to the topic Kim Soleum is not a character in the DER wiki. Instead he is a author and I think that when he is in his 130666 state he is closer to being a author than character. or ireum-nim if you want to refer to him as such.

There is a fourth wall separating fiction from reality. Therefore Kim Soleum would be in a kind of limbo by interacting with the 'fiction' while still counting as being from 'reality'.

That separation could manifest as him not being able to perceive faces.

Additionaly, he can delete and rewrite as 130666 which are obviously traits that count as being an author. Though he loses his humanity when he uses that ability. His apperance and stability is closly connected to him humanity.

So his 130666 state is basically 'ireum-nim'.

However I also think that since the DER world relies on how other percieve certain things that those affect Kim Soleum too.

Ghost stories can be created per rumours as we have seen previously with that red shirt ghost story. Therfore if Kim Soleum counts as a darkness because he is a good friend, contaminated by the music box and ireum-nim those rules could techniacly apply to him too.

We don't know how far this 'believe' system goes since we have only seen it create and destroy ghost stories but I don't think it is far fetched to say it could manipulated them to a certain extend as long as the original rules of the ghost story are not affected since that is something only a author can change.

Going back we can apply the perception to Kim Soleum in the sense that ireum-nim has already been established in the DER world before he entered it. Ireum-nim is a concept/ghost story that has existed for a longer time in the wiki and therefore as established rules and believes in the DER world.

There is a jar in a cave,

Mexico amends its constitution to cut the maximum workweek from 48 to 40 hours by 2030 and gives 13.5 million workers the legal right to ignore their boss’s calls, messages, and emails after their shift ends, in the most significant overhaul of Mexican labor law in a generation.

what if baek saheon just never revealed his true character on the abyss transpo? the batch of newbies somehow got off the train without an eye missing, and saheon thanked soleum nonstop for it. 'teacher, you are magnificent! how did you manage to guess the rules so quickly?'

the constant glazing and chirping would not stop long after the employee orientation. rather, it intensified when they were assigned roommates. soleum would try to keep his distance initially. i mean, who the hell would voluntarily get chummy with a horror wiki named character notoriously known for being cruel?

but soleum would still be so, so lonely in this new world. and saheon would still trail after soleum calling him 'teacher!' and generally be the most self-sufficient, thoughtful roommate one could find in this greedy corporate. and so, for the same reason that he trusted braun despite witnessing first-hand his mercilessness, kim soleum unwittingly put his faith in saheon.

there were nights reality would still feel as unsafe and unreal as a darkness. they would sit on the couch together. saheon, returning from a lengthy task, dressed in a neat, pristine suit; soleum - hunched in on himself, in a crumpled, unwashed shirt. and some months into their cohabitation, soleum would tell him how afraid he'd always been. of the paranormal, of this unfamiliar world, of saheon himself.

perhaps the trust would begin from here.

the process would start gradually. soleum would let slip information about various darknesses during shared mealtimes. they were cryptic scraps that barely made sense. but then eventually they grew into useful tips, maybe even straight up cheats.

saheon wouldn't question. he would give him words of gratitude and a promise of free dinner and then they would move on from it.

team f's recruits and its collaborators would still frequently die. that fact, soleum was not privy to.

to soleum, maybe it was nice to have a conversation partner that adhered to human reasoning, full offense to braun. maybe it was nice to have someone whom he could cook with, eat with, watch ridiculous children's shows with and not be interrogated on his nonsensical mutterings. the dorm wasn't home, nowhere in this world could ever be. but saheon would make it safe and warm, like a shelter, at least. it would feel a bit like having a companion.

"And it seems like it's worth your time, right? And, by the way, there's actually- the superpower inside of feeling alien is admitting that you might be an alien."