#ava 11

It was how long ago-

When he first escaped from Alan's PC, the first thing he came across (other than Mitsi) was the shepherd tending his sheep, which he almost crashed into.

There's also sheep shown in the infamous teaser from the newsletter...

And that makes sense. Victim was living in the countryside with a shepherd-inspired character around. Of course there would be sheep around.

But then you see the sheep that followed him throughout his early/pre-ChoDark Rocket Corp days.

Typically, sheep have no place in your typical up-and-coming small business. But in Victim's case, it shows how he clings onto the purity and innocence of his farmer days, even as he's working his way up in the world. It was a tie to his roots- not the traumatic ones he'd incurred from Alan- but the past he chose for himself with Mitsi. This is also supported by the fact that many of his employees were also villagers.

He'd been through hell and back during his time with Alan, yes. He'd been hurt... but he's healing, slowly. A supportive village, a successful company, and most of all, Mitsi, and it's shown through the presence of sheep throughout his backstory.

He was able to move on, to an extent, over those four years. And then, of course, Chosen and Dark just had to ruin it.

The last sheep that appears is right after Mitsi dies and before Victim finds out about Chosen's "involvement" in Mitsi's death (I am an avid believer that Chosen was actually flying down to save her but was too late... but that's a rant for next time). It lets out a sad 'baa' to mourn the death of 'farmer' Victim.

When Victim turns vengeful, there are no sheep to be found.

When Sec and Cho get captured, there are no sheep to be found.

When Cho is tortured, there are no sheep to be found.

The loss of his ties to his old peaceful life symbolizes his change in mindset, casting aside whatever innocence and happiness he'd found for the sake of revenge. And the fact that all his new workers look the same is just another hammer in the coffin.