@ringoat It lowkey is especially from Ian's perspective but I think the point is that he found a glimpse of happiness despite how horrifying his life has been and could have been. SPOILER:
Spoiler!
Michele reminds Ian of his dead mother in the way that how similar they were in their naivety, kindness and seeing the good despite people doing them wrong. Ian even "hated" his mother a little as a kid because not only she wasn't taking care of herself because of a man who left them( even if it means leaving his child self behind) but also "leaving" him behind when he told her the truth about how his father might have decieved her( which he did, he found Lord Shelleg and went through with injuring him fatally when he laughed about fooling his mother years later) . He saw her su*cide as her abandoning him and chosing her biological dad, AGAIN.
By loving and chosing to care for Michele and protecting him from the cruel world he doesn't understand , he basically reconnects with the child who loved his mother but couldn't even admit it to himself even as a kid because how much it hurt him and her.
By loving and chosing to care for Michele and protecting him from the cruel world he doesn't understand , he basically reconnects with the child who loved his mother but couldn't even admit it to himself even as a kid because how much it hurt him and her.
