my favorite parallel between qualit and issi is when issi receives guidance from Marie, it is the right time and it moves her to change and have better self worth and overall be better. when qualit receives guidance from smithia, it is already too late to change, the die has already been cast, and there is no way to fix what will happen to her and what smithia did to her in their past

what if you LOST YOUR BODILY AUTONOMY AND IDENTITY because of CIRCUMSTANCES YOU COULDN'T CONTROL and then PUSHED EVERYONE AWAY ON A QUEST FOR REVENGE and when you finally achieved that revenge YOUR GIRLFRIEND THOUGHT YOU WERE A MONSTER. and you had RED HAIR.