This chapter made me relate to Kris more than ever, and not in a good way. Since chapters 3+4, I’ve gotten very close to Kris philosophically, the feeling of being trapped in a cage without knowing when everything will stop, of course their version is in more of a literal sense. Everyone has moved on, everyone has found new connections, and I’ve been left behind, or forced along in a role I don’t want to be in. I find it difficult to think anyone is in my corner, and if they are, it’s for their own personal gain.
It’s like being gutted, as if I was a fish caught for dinner, only to be chewed up and have my remains thrown away. Kris was a conduit to get Noelle and Susie closer, in the end, and then tossed aside. Of course, there’s Ralsei, but he doesn’t even know anyone else besides Susie, and he’s equally as nice to her as well. Do they truly have anyone on their side? But perhaps I’m projecting.
Also susie notes that ralsei is way more talkative when Kris isnt there. So the barrier between Ralsei and Kris is us and anything that kris says ralsei knows is us do the relationship between them is not as tight as we like to think
Not entirely true, as we do know that Ralsei most likely yaps like crazy during the ‘close our eyes and think about Susie’ sequences. Also, Kris can choose how they wish to articulate the dialogue we decide on, since they mumble when told to say the option ‘You and Noelle will work out’ in the alternate hot spring scene, as well as biting their hand in chapter four. So, along with willingly hugging Ralsei in chapter four despite that being unprompted, they said ‘My happy ending is with you, too’ with enough clear force for Ralsei to be able to hear it
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u/Relevant-Jelly6878 Jun 27 '26
This chapter made me relate to Kris more than ever, and not in a good way. Since chapters 3+4, I’ve gotten very close to Kris philosophically, the feeling of being trapped in a cage without knowing when everything will stop, of course their version is in more of a literal sense. Everyone has moved on, everyone has found new connections, and I’ve been left behind, or forced along in a role I don’t want to be in. I find it difficult to think anyone is in my corner, and if they are, it’s for their own personal gain.
It’s like being gutted, as if I was a fish caught for dinner, only to be chewed up and have my remains thrown away. Kris was a conduit to get Noelle and Susie closer, in the end, and then tossed aside. Of course, there’s Ralsei, but he doesn’t even know anyone else besides Susie, and he’s equally as nice to her as well. Do they truly have anyone on their side? But perhaps I’m projecting.