@Cbums  same lo

@Myneʕ⁎̯͡⁎ʔ༄   Its ptsd. He's not emotionally unstable and he also feels guilty to take her in just for her to end up serving him for the rest of her life. He doenst feel worthy of it is all. As for the past, though it was a horrible thing he did, he was way past his own concious mind. He was pretty much not sane at that point.The doctor made him worse with those type of treatment and his insecurity (basically delusions, hallucination) only grew along with his ptsd, it projected onto the fl.

@Clameyyyy  This. You know therdeo well. As far as I've read, he's not someone who'd hurt pereshati at this point. But it's true that none of them are safe from the princess and the main  thing therdeo would be worried about is pereshati and her safety. Honestly there's too much sh** for him to handle and it definitely feels like he's overwhelmed by it all. At the end of it communication will be key like they did before

@ed  If I remember correctly, she herself has mental illness. The character she possessed had the same. Her step brother is literally holding her hostage mentally and gaslighting her and manipulating her that no one loves, cares or believes her. That is what she also believes or often has negative thoughts about when it comes to trusting ppl...even tho many are starting to truly care about her. Her character itself is someone many ppl despised. I forgot the beginning part of whether the body she possessed dies earlier which she tries her best to get past and she did. But the longer or deeper the story goes, she has more to deal with. It doesn't seem like she's just a character possessing a body in a novel anymorebut truly living this miserable life that she's suffering from.

Looks like she's feeling numb to it all finally

@talia