@ItsNotOverYet I get your point, but "showing up" cannot be considered having meaning in itself because as was stated, it was regardless of his will. That's my point. I do not deny the part where indeed their relationship under such circumstances could have developed way differently (like them not bonding and staying strangers or worse, having resentment born from it).
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@Nordremo Okay, okay! I understand.
Perhaps I'm not explaining it well (even in my first comment). For me, everything is simply more metaphorical in this chapter (perhaps the author intended it differently, I can't say). So no one literally had to descend into he**, and the country itself or the palace itself or arranged marriage aren't he**, of course. But the actions of the people are. So, for me, Tei confronting these people and their actions to protect Shuraka seems like seeing Shuraka "in he**" and voluntarily standing by his side.
But again, that's just my point of view. I promise, I'll stop now😅
Perhaps I'm not explaining it well (even in my first comment). For me, everything is simply more metaphorical in this chapter (perhaps the author intended it differently, I can't say). So no one literally had to descend into he**, and the country itself or the palace itself or arranged marriage aren't he**, of course. But the actions of the people are. So, for me, Tei confronting these people and their actions to protect Shuraka seems like seeing Shuraka "in he**" and voluntarily standing by his side.
But again, that's just my point of view. I promise, I'll stop now😅