this is a really great story. i had my own explanation or interpretation about this. i read some comments, wondering, and had questions as to why? what? how? may this interpretation help us understand what the story is all about. if i have different perspective tp yours, feel free to comment and point it out. i would love to read yours.
My interpretation is that Lux's connection, fascination, or why he was always drawn to humans originates from his time with Mikhail, not Carlo. When Mikhail formed a bond with adult Lux, he was sent into Lux's consciousness—or perhaps a different point in Lux's timeline, since dragons have different time perception—where he met and spent a long time with child Lux. During that period, Mikhail became an important figure in Lux's childhood, and their bond left a deep emotional imprint on him. That's the subconscious world. However, by the time Lux reached adulthood, those memories may had faded or become inaccessible. Maybe because it was already a long time, or it happened in his subconscious world. He no longer consciously remembered Mikhail, yet the feelings remained. This explains why Lux says he has always been drawn to humans without really understanding why. When he later met Carlo, he felt an immediate sense of familiarity. But I don't think he was actually recognizing Carlo. Instead, Carlo resembled Mikhail because Mikhail was his descendant, and that resemblance awakened the lingering imprint that Mikhail had left on Lux as a child. Lux mistook the echo of Mikhail for recognition of Carlo, when in reality the person his heart remembered was Mikhail all along.
If that's what the story intended, then it's a fascinating kind of causal loop.
Mikhail influences child Lux in the past, which shapes the adult Lux of the present. Then, in the present, adult Lux feels an unexplained attraction toward humans and a strange familiarity with Carlo because Carlo resembles the very person who influenced him in childhood. The irony is that Lux encounters Carlo before fully understanding that the source of those feelings is actually Mikhail, Carlo's descendant. In a sense, Lux is carrying memories that aren't memories anymore—only emotions, instincts, and traces of a bond that became part of who he is.
That's why the story feels bittersweet. It's not saying that Lux remembers Mikhail. It's saying that Mikhail changed Lux so profoundly that even after the memories disappeared, the effect remained. Lux forgot the person, but he never lost what that person meant to him. This is how I interpreted the story, and I think the author was exploring the idea that some bonds become part of us so deeply that even when the memories fade, their influence remains.
this is a really great story. i had my own explanation or interpretation about this. i read some comments, wondering, and had questions as to why? what? how? may this interpretation help us understand what the story is all about. if i have different perspective tp yours, feel free to comment and point it out. i would love to read yours.
My interpretation is that Lux's connection, fascination, or why he was always drawn to humans originates from his time with Mikhail, not Carlo. When Mikhail formed a bond with adult Lux, he was sent into Lux's consciousness—or perhaps a different point in Lux's timeline, since dragons have different time perception—where he met and spent a long time with child Lux. During that period, Mikhail became an important figure in Lux's childhood, and their bond left a deep emotional imprint on him. That's the subconscious world. However, by the time Lux reached adulthood, those memories may had faded or become inaccessible. Maybe because it was already a long time, or it happened in his subconscious world. He no longer consciously remembered Mikhail, yet the feelings remained. This explains why Lux says he has always been drawn to humans without really understanding why. When he later met Carlo, he felt an immediate sense of familiarity. But I don't think he was actually recognizing Carlo. Instead, Carlo resembled Mikhail because Mikhail was his descendant, and that resemblance awakened the lingering imprint that Mikhail had left on Lux as a child. Lux mistook the echo of Mikhail for recognition of Carlo, when in reality the person his heart remembered was Mikhail all along.
If that's what the story intended, then it's a fascinating kind of causal loop.
Mikhail influences child Lux in the past, which shapes the adult Lux of the present. Then, in the present, adult Lux feels an unexplained attraction toward humans and a strange familiarity with Carlo because Carlo resembles the very person who influenced him in childhood. The irony is that Lux encounters Carlo before fully understanding that the source of those feelings is actually Mikhail, Carlo's descendant. In a sense, Lux is carrying memories that aren't memories anymore—only emotions, instincts, and traces of a bond that became part of who he is.
That's why the story feels bittersweet. It's not saying that Lux remembers Mikhail. It's saying that Mikhail changed Lux so profoundly that even after the memories disappeared, the effect remained. Lux forgot the person, but he never lost what that person meant to him. This is how I interpreted the story, and I think the author was exploring the idea that some bonds become part of us so deeply that even when the memories fade, their influence remains.