re-reading the first time alina met nikolai is such a mood booster and i always get unreasonably emotional reading that scene. to see how she called him too-clever fox and then fox basically is his spirit animal and everyone calls him that. like yeah, thatās her fox.
THE BRIGHTEST STAR WILL EXPLODE BEFORE I STOP LOVING NIKOLINA oh shakespeareniawski you just had to make me cry
Also yeah I agree. Thereās something about that first encounter (and also the early scenes) between Alina and Sturmhond that I know Iāll never be able to get over with. Itās like watching a melancholic, nostalgic tape from the time you were the happiest in your life. Itās like seeing back to where it all started.















