#hypnalogue

14. What's an opinion they'll never agree on? How do they deal with that?

Theyll never agree on what happened in the mists, and Leo will never forgive him for freeing Balthazar lmao.

The thing you must know was that in ls2 Leo was trying So Hard to convince Rytlock to let him do the ritual. He has a strong magical background, has a deel understanding of the spectral magic in Ascalon, ane is, as a necromancer, extremely familiar with the mists. In Leo's eyes it SHOULD have been him, so when things started going off the walls Leo was nearly the one to go in but was blindsided by the imperator stopping him bc it was Rytlock's duty specifically, and Rytlock urgently chasing after it.

Leo, you have to remember, his whole THING IS trying to free to souls of Ascalon, thats literally what his huge reason for becoming a necromancer was. So he felt robbed by the charr chain of command. THEN learning that Rytlock freed Balthazar? It didnt matter sohothin was back in posession at that point, even so Leo KNEW the mask Rytlock puts on, he Knows Rytlock's dependency on sohothin due to his past of being bullied and treated as less than. Yes, Rytlock was manipulated by a human god, but its Because Leo already has this idea in his head that it Should Have Been Him, that he is being 10x harsher. He, in his mind, wouldnt have fallen for it, he would have known better, he would have found another way. And he is Hypocritical, bc Leo made a pact with a human god (grenth). Its just the consequences of that pact are only on him, Rytlock brings this up during an argument but it doesnt phase leo bc the only person losing bc of that deal Is Him, no one else got hurt.

Do I think Leo was correct for being angry? Yeah, but I also think hes extremely stubborn, self-righteous, and hypocritical. There isnt meant to ever be a good resolution for this, its forever a huge chasm in their relationship and goes back to how I frame their relationship as the ashes of a fire post pof.

Its even worse that the commander was killed then had to defy death (something leo hates bc he holds the cycle of life and death as sacred) which adds to him already being pissed LMAO.

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Having been bred by the Alicorn Private Security Corporation (APSC or just Alicorn) to serve as a human computer for a custom high-end high mobility armored weapons platform (HiMAW aka "steel coffin") called a Black Paladin, the One-Armed Swordsman (or just Swordsman they/them) has broken conditioning twice. The first time as a young teen when their HiMAW was shot down (and they lost their arm) by tenacious junk raiders for spare parts. The environment they were then raised in did most of the work breaking APSC's conditioning.

Eventually APSC recovered their asset as an adult, and all they had to do was put Swordsman back into a HiMAW for their conditioning to take over. However, Swordsman had made friends and perhaps a genuine romantic connection or two.

Needless to say, the power of friendship can be very dangerous in the hands of a serially abused HiMAW pilot.

This song could easily work as a soundtrack for them explosively turning on Alicorn while inside the hangar of the patrol carrier.

Ijir often says to Hatha "Tell me what you see."

Ijir was a respected figure with some authority in their past life, and often asked Hatha for his keen powers of observation, to make better informed judgements. Now, even having returned from the grave, lacking memories of each other, this dynamic remains.