I only just recently binged/caught up to the WHA manga so Iβm not sure if this theory has been discussed before or not, but,
I wonder if Ininia received one of the picture books.
We know there are at least 3 that Iguin had at the time he sold one to Coco:
And when Ininia reveals her silverwood hands and attacks Coco, she says:
βYou donβt know anything, Coco! The Pointed Caps took away magic! Magic that couldβve helped those who needed it!β
That sounds incredibly personal, especially since it coincides with her revealing her hands.
Also, when I was finally watching the anime, I caught a line from Alaira I hadnβt remembered:
4 years, specifically. Not just βyears,β which would be the perfect amount of ambiguityβnope. 4 years. Which makes me suspect that weβre gonna find out whatever happened 4 years ago and that itβs gonna be plot-significant somehow.
So imagine Ininia figured out the secret of the picture book 4 years ago, and draws a spell that destroys her hands. But she doesnβt have a Qifrey to take her in; rather, Restys steps in and takes her under their wing.
And the way Ininia speaks to Galga before she wipes his memory and the guilt we see her trying to suppress when she later sees him with Atwert (insisting to herself that she doesnβt care that he had loved ones) makes me wonder if perhaps a Knight Moralis or other Pointed Cap intervened before Restys and wiped the memories of Ininiaβs loved ones, and Restys stepped in before Ininiaβs could be erased. Or maybe only her own memory was threatened or stolen thatβs why sheβs sensitive about that in particular.
Or perhaps Ininia lost her own loved ones either to death as a result of the spell, or in a similar way to Cocoβs mother, and the BrimCaps convinced her that the Pointed Caps would never help her save them because to do so would be forbidden magic.
Iβd love for Ininia to become a foil to Coco in this way.