#unrealistic

To me, there's something so quintessential in the fact that they met as adults who had already experienced life-altering trauma, terrible loss, and years of unprocessed grief... That they met after both having come to conclusions about their own destinies and the courses the rest of the lives should take... That they met when both of them were already "jaded" and crushed by the weight of duty, only able to put that weight aside when next to each other...

That they were "enemies" at first but willingly overcame the internal prejudices of both Okhema and Kremnos that should have kept them at odds... That they met while being in two completely different classes and yet judged each other based on their matching convictions instead of social status...

It seems to me that a pivotal part of Phainon and Mydei's dynamic is having already formed one's expectations of the world, only to meet someone who defies all those expectations--and, in doing so, meet someone who helps free you from the expectations of others.