Are we not gonna talk about "this is the last time you will spend time alone" bit? I went thinking straight to sexual, but seems more ominous than that. And his comment on "this is exausting" - I really hope he's talking about holding back his feelings and passion for Tei, because otherwise it really seems dismissive on Shuraka's part. Not to mention the mother comparisons. People on here be complaining that the chapter is short, but it really crams in a lot of potential characterisation and plot implications... And from this it really seems to paint Shuraka as an indecisive and immature character with a lot of growth ahead of him, and I do not blame Tei in the slightest for seeing him in this (pause for vomit) child-like way. This is just word salad, but everybody seemed to have so much fun writing think pieces whilst we re-read the whole thing for the 97th time already.
Are we not gonna talk about "this is the last time you will spend time alone" bit? I went thinking straight to sexual, but seems more ominous than that. And his comment on "this is exausting" - I really hope he's talking about holding back his feelings and passion for Tei, because otherwise it really seems dismissive on Shuraka's part. Not to mention the mother comparisons.
People on here be complaining that the chapter is short, but it really crams in a lot of potential characterisation and plot implications... And from this it really seems to paint Shuraka as an indecisive and immature character with a lot of growth ahead of him, and I do not blame Tei in the slightest for seeing him in this (pause for vomit) child-like way.
This is just word salad, but everybody seemed to have so much fun writing think pieces whilst we re-read the whole thing for the 97th time already.