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The brothers' parents are totally ok with Luigi being with Bowser, I mean; good father, rich, has his own kingdom, what's it not to love????

Mario though? Completely disapproves! But has to put up with Bowser on their family dinners, outings and holidays.

This post contains spoilers for the main event and Vila and Windsong's anecdote, so this is your warning to not keep reading if you haven't finished those.

So, one thing I don't understand is people saying that if Rayashki had cooperated with Zeno they wouldn't have been consumed by the storm, which imo is only partially correct. Firstly, although Zeno's main base is probably storm-proof, it's doubtful all of their bases are, as Bertolt himself says they've suffered many loses, including some of their academies. Taking this into account, I doubt the refugee station where they'd take some of the townsfolk would be storm-proof, which basically means they'd only save those from Rayashki that they deemed most "useful" to Zeno.

This is indeed essentially what ends up happening in the story... Except it's the Foundation, not Zeno, who gets to cherry pick who to save, of course deeming the children the most useful, as they get to shove them in SPDM (and brainwash them). Vila, being half Rusalka is of course very appealing to them as well because of her versatility underwater, unmatched by any other arcanist. Meanwhile Windsong's study of leylines seems also very useful to Laplace in the coming storm, as said by Lucy herself.

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