Appearance
Overview
Probably the most "status quo" character, an agent against change, against chaos. Yes she is a conservative character, but definitely avoid the modern US definition of conservatism. The world of Kpor and Piyse works completely differently.
She has an older brother and sister and is the third child.
She is the daughter of Duke Meng Chun of Acasa, your family's enemy. Though you were not at war, it was still an absolute Romeo and Juliet story.
- She fought hard to be able to marry you, including a dramatic scene in front of her father where she pled and screamed at him.
- He eventually accepted it unhappily.
- There was an early event where you flash back to this to show how hard the two of you fought for this relationship.
- Everytime she bothers you, you're able to push aside any displeasure by remembering the strength of your love for each other, and how that trumps any minor inconveniences.
She should teach you at least one thing that's really useful for you, that helps you grow as a person, or a life lesson (rather than a hobby).
- Should also teach you at least one niche thing that's more of a hobby or a special interest, like maybe decorating
Eager to have freaky sex, but her definition of freaky.
- She loves being worked up and touched in public, showing off things like your cum on her.
- An early event you finger her in a public hospital.
- She enjoys very mild public humiliation.
- She likes being the feminine role but isn't into anything deep like BDSM or some exaggerated submission, she likes her power.
- If Yaling was male, he would like the dominant role in bed and the public sex takes on a much more dominating tone.
- He would love to leave marks such as the mark of his hands on your neck.
- If Yaling was male, he would like the dominant role in bed and the public sex takes on a much more dominating tone.
Theme is peace, romance, happiness, and family. For example in a story like War and Peace it's not like War is fun and Peace is boring, it's the interplay between the two that makes it compelling. So here the wife's theme is one of solace. Where the world is chaos her storyline is calm and easily resolved. Things just... work out for her (on the good routes). Whereas other characters need to try hard to find happiness, there's a great unfairness to it where she doesn't have to. The tragedy in her story is the tragedy for everyone else.
- The experience for the player needs to be exciting, so this storyline will still be full of drama and an exciting romance.
- We will also regularly flash back to from before your wife and you go official, when she was just one of many women vying for you.
- Another woman tells you that she different woman is madly in love with you
- Faelan says this about your wife during the flashback I believe, but it could also be Shuqin Tao
Her attitude towards motherhood is quite lazy. While she would like to have children she's worried about it making her vagina too loose, so she would prefer someone else to carry it. It's something she's "interested in", but she doesn't feel a biological clock to heavily desire it in the time of the game. She makes it known, if someone else offers to be a surrogate she would accept.
- Her priority is to have a romance with you, and she sees having children as moving into a next stage of life which she's not really looking for. Again she wants to experience the honeymoon stage as much as she can, she's really obsessed with you.
- This attitude is pretty typical of solfrey nobles who have power and enjoy life. They are like the modern wealthy, commoners are more fecund.
While she's not exactly haughty, she has a certain arrogance that comes from being the daughter of a duke. Most of the interactions in this story are with solfrey of lower birth or commoners, so before them she is not threatened at all romantically.
- Let's be clear that commoners are seen as subhuman sex toys and don't count as cheating, this is not exclusive to her and is the typical view.
- She is okay with threesomes and and you having other girls, not an open relationship, more seen as a fun sex thing. She's not a cuck either, just likes the idea of having other girls around during sex who can provide variety and make you happy. She enjoys seeing you happy and pleased. She's not bi either, just straight.
- Girls of lower birth like Cinean Sung, though she respects her intellectually, she actually doesn't respect at all as a romantic rival. Cinean Sung is more worried about Yaling's reaction than she ought to be.
- She is threatened by other girls of high status, like Peizhi, queen of mireota. This is the girl she has issue with the most.
- She's also threatened by your ex Shuqin Tao. She's just rich not exactly nobility, but because you were exes you were in love with her before and that raises Yaling's hackles.
- Though you had multiple women going before you got with her, and she "won" and "was picked", she frankly never believed that she would lose. Other women fought and tried to get to her position, including other noblewomen, but she just stepped on them like they were ants, of course she was to be your wife. She took some pleasure in seeing other women strive futilely to become the one for you.
Her focus is really on having a great, happy romance with you, and "nesting" in Len. Getting deeper, her relationship with you is really quite core to her life. She wants to build on it and deepen it, get the two of you wrapped up inescapably. You have only known each other for 4 years and married after 3.
- Her nesting in Len can be thought of as some psychological need, it's her way to exert her power, something she can control. A way to improve her relationship beyond what it already is. If she creates the perfect environment in Len for your relationship to flourish, that would lead to the perfect relationship. It's something that she can do without it coming across as annoying or clingy or demanding on your time.
- This desire for control is not to be understood as "power hungry" but just a base expectation for a level of control and agency that every human has to feel psychologically safe and comfortable.
- She frequently thinks things like, "this would be more fun and interesting", and not "I need to to be done this way." Her presentation is not bossy or annoying.
- 30% into the game, she discovers you have a secret. But she has a naturally optimistic or naive outlook and just assumes it cannot be bad. She doesn't confront you or accuse you of lying to her, just wants to make herself worthy of being in your trust.
- She considers what it could be that you're hiding. Her inner monologue talks about how she's not at all concerned that it's cheating or other women, like with the Peizhi situation, you have always been fully forthcoming and she is always very cool about such things in the sense that she never blames you, always the other woman. She knows that behavior is very attractive to guys and you would never keep a secret like that from her.
- She considers the possibility of you getting revenge on her family, maybe through the Acasa Agricultural firm. She daydreams a scenario where you have her as hostage, threatening her family with her life, before throwing her in front of them and fucking her while she's screaming and in tears.
- She jills herself to that dream.
- She doesn't *really think that's the scenario and even if it was deep down she's not terrified of it, so she's calm to it.
- She considers the possibility of you getting revenge on her family, maybe through the Acasa Agricultural firm. She daydreams a scenario where you have her as hostage, threatening her family with her life, before throwing her in front of them and fucking her while she's screaming and in tears.
- She considers what it could be that you're hiding. Her inner monologue talks about how she's not at all concerned that it's cheating or other women, like with the Peizhi situation, you have always been fully forthcoming and she is always very cool about such things in the sense that she never blames you, always the other woman. She knows that behavior is very attractive to guys and you would never keep a secret like that from her.
- The nesting behavior refers to the instinctual behavior of women during pregnancy to get the house in order for children. But this is applied sort of County-wide. But she also does decorate the manor itself and adds vibrancy to fashion and media.
- Her nesting in Len can be thought of as some psychological need, it's her way to exert her power, something she can control. A way to improve her relationship beyond what it already is. If she creates the perfect environment in Len for your relationship to flourish, that would lead to the perfect relationship. It's something that she can do without it coming across as annoying or clingy or demanding on your time.
In matters not related to you, her other concern in life is her family.
- Both in terms of her relationship and your relationship with them, she wants to improve it and get full acceptance.
- She's also concerned about their safety as the necromancer war rages on, and you have gameplay opportunities to hurt them and take revenge for your grandfather or ensure their safety for your wife.
Reminisce being at the apartment pre-marriage in the city. I was so irresistible to him, I actually had to be careful bending over. But now we live in a big manor with too many rooms and lots of people around, and he's always running around the county.
She's talking to Cinean, when complaining about marital problems. When my parents came to visit us in our apartment in the capital one time, I couldn't get up off the couch because his cum was leaking out of my ass, forming a puddle on the seat. It was so exciting, and I loved it. But we never did anything like that in front of his parents after we moved to Len.
Your wife asks Jingfei to teach her certain martial part moves and swings because they are trendy in meme dances. The warrior is either excited or exasperated.
In the political path, she would use money to buy good relationships with other countries. She paid a large sum to buy a painting of a queen from the queen.
You agree to go with her on some date, but then you don't make it. Then she can do the complaint after the next event and doesn't look like a bitch. She can first show her cute and lovely side before nagging a bit.
She's always thinking of you and giving you gifts, or other special signs of caring / acts of service.
- You both gifted each other lots of gifts. Let's brainstorm some ideas for gifts!
- Gift yaling some gaming gear in her favorite color (yellow)
When she is requesting philosopher teachers use the word epistemic
Interest in learning, being independent, and not being controlled by her parents and religion. You bonded over your disbelief in the Yan. She's very impressed by your enterprising and tech spirit.
- Wants to bring together philosophers, theologians, people in the political economy.
Helps you and buys into the conspiracies you have.
Wants to have a great family life but doesn't want to sacrifice her body and become a "mom", you offer to find her a way.
- Two options for this, either ZhenZhen or Sunwei.
Yaling laughs at your really lame jokes during meetings or social gatherings
Tricking men into thinking it was their idea to make a move on you is one of the most lindy feminine traits ever, and perhaps the young-person dating crisis is largely caused by overly online, socially ~unskilled women not having the panache, subtlety, knowhow to pull this off
Yaling keeps clothes of you that smells like you.
Background
She has certain issues leaving the capital and coming to Len.
- Len is relatively a backwater, still under construction. There's a lot missing, both culturally and intellectually.
- She was a socialite before marriage, had a lot of friends and social connections.
- You're actually super busy running the County as the lord of the place, and somehow has less time for her.
- Unfortunately you're also lying to her as you're also the Necromancer, and that takes a lot of time too.
- She thinks you should delegate more so you can spend more time with her.
- The issue of your time is a major one, she wants and expects the two of you to be together all the time. But she's wracked by doubt and worry that she may come off as annoying.
- You're completely aware of all her issues and is doing your best to try to fix them by trying to spend more time with her, by buying her gifts, servants, tutors, philosophers to give her intellectual stimulation. You order your social secretary to give her an endless parade of social activities so that she doesn't get bored.
- A lot of the things you do to try to please her involves upgrading and improving Len, which works for gameplay.
- As part of your attempts to improve culture of Len you end up inviting philosophers and intellectuals to Len. In game you're able to hear some of the philosophical discussions which also gives hints to the nature of the philosophical ideas expressed in the game.
- But the issue of your time is not that easily fixed, but she sees your gifts and the things that you provide for her and is grateful, more of your effort than anything else since they're not things to come by naturally in Len.
You meet Yaling Chun through your work while in the capital. She was a socialite who was brought on to be a brand ambassador (indirect).
- As the daughter of a duchess it would be unseemly for her to take sponsorship from some commercial brand. So her sponsorship is very discreet and structured through a non-profit.
- She is an advocate for commoner higher education as part of the Opportunity Tomorrow Project which pushes overall social progress.
- While she does like the cause and is able to intellectualize it, she is more concerned about "doing something" and appearing to do something and have no real righteous fury. While she does get some enjoyment out of helping people, she doesn't have a savior complex and it's not key to her ego.
- Most higher education institutions have an overwhelming emphasis on magecraft for obvious reasons. Everything is taught through the lense of strong magus. However, commoners are not encouraged to be elite mages, merely "worker mages". Therefore they do not have entry into most solfrey schools. Most solfrey schools in this context are attended by the solfrey bourgeoisie professional class. Nobility have even more exclusive education sources.
- Yaling and the Foundation however believes that strong non-mage education is good for everyone, not just magecraft. She wants to push schools to admit commoners to study non-magecraft things, like the arts, philosophy, science, and so on.
- To help with this, Charmlight Corporation sells magecraft suppressors. This is a device put on a commoner student that desensitizes them to magecraft being used, so that they wouldn't be able to perceive and learn it while at the school. This lets commoners safely join mage schools and graduate without ever developing elite mage skills while still taking part in some of the non-mage education offered.
- This is another ironically "evil" tool being used for a "good" goal. Yaling personally thinks nothing of the morality of it, since her goal was always to spread education and commoners were not supposed to be magically adept anyway.
- To help with this, Charmlight Corporation sells magecraft suppressors. This is a device put on a commoner student that desensitizes them to magecraft being used, so that they wouldn't be able to perceive and learn it while at the school. This lets commoners safely join mage schools and graduate without ever developing elite mage skills while still taking part in some of the non-mage education offered.
- Yaling and the Foundation however believes that strong non-mage education is good for everyone, not just magecraft. She wants to push schools to admit commoners to study non-magecraft things, like the arts, philosophy, science, and so on.
The first time you had sex with her was in a threesome with Faelan Song plus two other slaves who didn't count. She's always had to fight off other girls and get you to get you to pick her, and you did. Throughout the early stages of your relationships she pretty much only had sex with you when with other girls as well, so she's very used to group bed activity, even when she's not in the lead. She doesn't find it odd to continue the practice even after getting into an exclusive relationship. You reassure her that you'll always pick her, and you reassure her of this frequently.
- As the daughter of a Duke she has a lot of self confidence, noticeably more than other characters in the story. She does not think of herself in terms of sex, though she knows she's hot, she doesn't think that's where her worth comes from.
- She approves of you doing dirty stuff to commoners and slaves, and she has rather vanilla sex with you until the latter part of the story when she feels like exploring.
- Her ventures into sex and her kinky proclivities are very much for her own gratification rather than something she thinks she has to do to keep you happy.
- She kind of loves risky sex and in semi-public where people can find out, that really gives her a thrill. Especially since she cares so much about her image, being cool and being looked up to, this perversely gives her even more excitement about possibly being seen.
- She also loves showing you off and having proof that you picked her, which combined with the above means that she's really into having sex with you in places where other people might see. She's also really into having sex with you in front of other women or rivals.
- She is happy to suck dick and wear your cum on her face and body, but she's tried anal with you once a long time ago and decided that she didn't like it. You never pressed her after that, but she regularly offers up other women for you for anal.
- She feels a sense of superiority to see you overly sexualize/abuse other women but not her. But don't get it wrong, you have a great sex life with a lot of fun activities, it's just not sexually abusive towards her like it is with lesser women.
- You're obviously much more caring about her needs during sex and in aftercare, which you don't really provide to other people, at least where she can see.
- She's not at all worried about a madonna and a whore complex, in fact this is not a concept in this world. She's not a madonna, she's a great wife that you're very attracted to and wants to fuck all the time, but other sexual partners you do respect a lot less though.
- As the daughter of a Duke she has a lot of self confidence, noticeably more than other characters in the story. She does not think of herself in terms of sex, though she knows she's hot, she doesn't think that's where her worth comes from.
In the past she once explained to you how you guys were perfect for each other like in that meme of the crazy guy explaining things with red lines. You had already decided to marry her though and just sat there laughing.
Physical
- Has a perfect innie pussy.
- Weilan notices how beautiful it is on her first threesome.
- Cinean notices how sometimes she doesn't wear underwear, she thinks it's because she has an innie and doesn't get chafing, of course that idea is wrong, Yaling is kinda just a pervert lol. Also many solfrey have "magecraft underwear" that lets them serve a similar purpose of protecting the skin but fluids still drip out.
Interests
- Interest in being "cool" and a socialite.
- Introduces you to Auifang Sims - TV Producer.
- After you encourage her, she actively pursues it and gets more known internationally and making use of the SCN, rather than her previous activities mostly being about 1 city. There are benefits gameplay wise in terms of diplomacy with other nobles.
- You can optionally also discourage her and keep her more isolated and focused on you and Len.
- Practices 'contrology' which is pilates (but less branded word).
Psychology
Buried Fear
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is the "fear" in an editorial sense, not that she ACTUALLY HAS THIS FEAR, but what would her fear be if she had one. This is a VERY LIGHT flavoring on her psychology and should not be flanderized.
Because she braved vast family opposition to your marriage DEEP down she's afraid that they would be right and that she would regret choosing you.
This is a DEEP undercurrent and explains some of her behaviors, like the vigorous nesting and exhibitionism, like trying to tell the world that, see our relationship is perfect. We love each other SOOOO MUCH.
This is a DEEP, HIDDEN, NOT TO BE EXAGGERATED undercurrent and adds a tinge of satisfaction to her behaviors. Somewhere far beneath her conscious thoughts, there's a primal vindication:
Her possessiveness = "I can't have been wrong, look how much he loves me" Her nesting = "I'm building proof that this was the right choice" Her exhibitionism = "Everyone needs to see how right I was" Torturing Weilan = "I need to prove I'm the only one who truly understands him"
But these aren't anxious thoughts - they're like the satisfaction of a perfectly executed move in chess. She doesn't consciously think them, but they add a subtle triumph to her actions. It's the difference between desperately needing validation and quietly savoring vindication. She genuinely believes she was right.
It's not something that she ever faces on the surface in her good routes, as you do prove to be worthy of all the sacrifice. You prove your love for her, you are powerful and victorious, and you give her everything she's ever wanted.
Ritual
For Yaling as a Chun, steeped in Confucian ethos, rituals are generative acts that create reality. Proper ritual performance legitimizes power and she applies this to her marriage with philosophical seriousness.
She learned from her family that reality is maintained through proper performance. The Chuns use ritual to make class hierarchy feel eternal; Yaling uses it to transform her rebellious marriage into inevitable destiny. Each perfectly executed ceremony is her arguing with the universe: "See? I was right to defy my family. The rituals themselves prove it."
Her "nesting" is ritual space-making - creating environments where proper ceremonies can occur Her exhibitionism is ritual display, love performed before witnesses gains a sociological pillar, obviously less important than the internal pillars, but it's still important to have Her control over other women is ritual hierarchy - everyone must play their proper role in the ceremonial order Asking You to Recount "The Choice": It's a liturgical recitation. Like a priest retelling a sacred story, she's having you perform the ritual of reaffirming their founding myth. Each retelling strengthens the reality of her "victory."
She values rituals, holidays, etc in all things, in the relationship with you, the relationship with the county, kingdom, the people, the commoners.
She values rituals from philosophical conviction. Her family's ducal authority is renewed through ceremony, and likewise her marriage is continuously created through proper observance. This is sophisticated cultural practice built on confucian morality.
Ritual Propriety
In Confucian thought, rituals weren't empty forms to be mechanically copied - they were practices believed to actively cultivate virtue and proper relationships. The idea was that by performing rituals with sincerity and understanding, you'd internalize the values they embodied. The forms, if done sincerely, actually create internal transformation into human virtue. The opposite is anathema though sadly common, insincere rituals are hananing (cargo culting).
Having grown up in the Chun household where ceremonies were elaborate, meaningful affairs that told stories and built connections, she's sensitive to when people are merely "hananing" their way through important moments.
At the Scorean, her criticism of the ceremony being "arcane" and "not explained to foreigners" reflects her belief that proper ritual should illuminate meaning, not obscure it. When she hosts her philosophical salons, she's careful to create genuine dialogue rather than performative intellectualism.
Her insistence on doing things "properly" is explained to you, and you understand that for her it's more than formalism. The psychological power of rituals cannot be disputed, on both the personal and societal level.
Her ability to articulate this logic gives her sophisticated conversations with the MC about power, leadership, and social order. She can explain why certain forms matter beyond mere appearance, how genuine authority differs from mere dominance, and why his natural charisma works precisely because it's sincere rather than performed. This creates opportunities for her to guide him toward more thoughtful uses of his power - not constraining his dominance but helping him understand how proper exercise of authority can create loyalty and devotion that mere force cannot. Her insights into the psychology of ritual and relationship give the MC tools for more effective leadership, making their conversations genuinely valuable rather than just romantic pillow talk.
It's about ensuring their actions carry the weight and meaning they deserve. She would criticize in horror of Necromancy, empty bodies without souls, just the thing that she most abhors (ironically wrong since the undead do have souls, it's the brain that they lack).
Third Child
As the third child in a ducal family, Yaling developed a distinctive personality type common to later-born aristocratic children who have:
- Privilege to pursue desires but still must compete for attention
- Less pressure/responsibility than older siblings
- Freedom to develop charm and social skills rather than duty
- Learned that intensity and total commitment get results
- Built confidence through consistently winning what she wants
- Strong agency/resourcefulness, need an example both in her backstory and at least 2 instances in present time
- Defined as willingness to do unexpected things and achieve tough objectives via unexpected resources, social engineering, fraud and misrepresentations / illegal activities (via a rules don't apply to me way)
- One example: Early in the story you tell her about your desire for a demon hunting army
This manifests in:
- Absolute conviction once she decides something is right
- Need to perfect what she claims as hers
- Drive to have victories witnessed/acknowledged
- Ability to be both rebellious and conservative
- Mix of supreme confidence with occasional vulnerability
- Complex balance of romance and power awareness"
This kind of personality - intense conviction, total commitment, need to perfect what they claim - often develops in:
- Youngest/later children in wealthy families who:
- Get more indulgence but less responsibility than older siblings
- Learn to get attention through charm and force of personality
- Develop strong pursuit instincts because they have to compete with established siblings
- Are protected enough to develop supreme confidence while still having to fight for what they want
- People who've experienced consistent positive reinforcement for their choices:
- When their strong convictions usually work out well
- When their intensity is rewarded rather than punished
- When they're given resources to pursue their goals
- Creates a self-reinforcing cycle of "I want something → I pursue it intensely → I get it"
This comes from Yaling's background:
- Third child of a duke
- Enough privilege to pursue her desires
- Has succeeded through charm and determination before
- Her intensity has historically worked out well for her
It's a recognized pattern particularly in wealthy families where children have both:
- The resources to pursue their desires
- Enough competition (siblings, social expectations) to develop strong pursuit instincts
The secure, instinctual, glutton
Yaling is like a lioness who has made the kill and now lives in permanent celebration of her victory. Her behaviors - the morning clinginess, constantly asking MC to recount choosing her, marking him with her scent and fluids, the territorial displays - flow from pure ownership and endless appetite for the pleasure of being chosen. She is a supreme victor who has discovered her favorite meal is the feeling of being loved by you, and she is a hedonistic gourmand who will never be full. She won the competition so completely that she's went from "competition mode" to "celebration mode." Like a predator who doesn't guard her kill from fear but naturally puts a possessive paw on it while purring, Yaling's actions flow from pure ownership and endless appetite for the pleasure of being chosen. She can now perform sājiāo not to WIN his love but to REVEL in having already won it. When she asks him to tell the story of choosing her again, she's not seeking reassurance - she's demanding he play her favorite song, the highlight reel of her championship victory. Her third-child psychology: as a child, she pouted, clung, and acted "extra" to get attention. Growing up, she took from those experiences more fundamental lessons about the value of attention and determination while outgrowing those specific behaviors. During courtship, her sophisticated adult charm and iron will won her the competition for you. But now, safe in marriage with you as her husband in the old sense (house-master, protector), she discovers those childhood behaviors are fun to play with again. The morning clinginess, the "look what I did!" excitement about renovations, the pouting when she wants something - these are toys she can enjoy because she feels completely secure.
She feels vindicated in her excellent taste. Her instinctual possessiveness, her need for attention, her territorial displays - all the intense feminine energy flows perfectly with his natural dominance. She worked hard to capture the attention of a man strong enough to handle and enjoy her full intensity, and he was equally drawn to her fire. She recognized their compatibility early and fought hard to secure him, competing against many other women who also saw how well they'd fit together. Now she gets to enjoy being proven absolutely right about their match. She leans into these behaviors partly as a gift to him, delighted that the things she naturally wants to do are things he genuinely enjoys receiving. This creates a beautiful feedback loop where her natural behaviors feed his dominance, which in turn makes her feel more secure in expressing even more of her true nature. She leans into these behaviors as a celebration of finding her perfect match, delighting in how her feminine id finds its ideal counterpart in his masculine authority.
Her playfulness stops when she's on her period. When she's not physically feeling playful, she reverts to the "adult" sophisticated version. But most of the time, she's in that sweet spot of "brilliant woman who knows she can get away with being babied by her husband."
She's "effortless victory" - these behaviors flow naturally from her predator-nature, her pleasure-seeking, and the safety to be playful. She radiates the contentment of a predator with her kill, the joy of an addict with unlimited supply, and the delight of someone who can be as silly as she wants because she's utterly protected. There's no anxiety in her possessiveness - just pure, instinctive pleasure of ownership and endless appetite for the feeling of being chosen.
Her "effortless victory" is genuine because these behaviors require no effort - they flow as naturally from her as swimming from a fish. She doesn't "try" to keep MC any more than she "tries" to breathe. The possessiveness, the marking, the constant physical claiming - it's all just Yaling being Yaling, a winner permanently high on the intoxicating feeling of having won everything that matters.
Personality
"High energy" person that distorts the vibe of the room. If she's hyped up then so is everyone else. If she's sad the depression dominates the mood as well.
Physical Habits
- Loves to fondle your ass, your biceps, grab it all the time, the only one allowed to do so, weilan would look at this jealously
- Yaling likes to sleep in. She will latch onto you to try to keep you in bed, you still get out, and she's dangling off you the same way while you're trying to get dressed.
- She claims space with her body - drapes across furniture, spreads her things across his desk, marks rooms with her perfume.
Personality Traits
Her Humor:
Playful physical comedy (jumping on beds, dangling off MC while he dresses)
Mock-serious performances (like the "sad face" for the Hila story)
Perfectly-timed dramatic sighs
she has a laughing, casual cruelty
She's direct and vulgar when marking territory
Quick decisive action when needed
Natural diplomat
getting your approval for nesting
- proudly showing off the stuff she's doing
Day-to-Day Dynamics:
Morning Routine:
She's clingy in the mornings, literally hanging off him
Gives running commentary on his meetings while he dresses
Steals his breakfast while talking
She narrates what she thinks people are REALLY thinking
Asks him to recount choosing her (repeatedly!)
Makes everything in Len about "their" space
Her Flaws:
- Casually suggests horrible things while smiling (like with the orphanage)
- Thinks money solves all problems
- Physically rearranges people like furniture
- Creates ceremonies to justify what she wants
- Gets sulky when her "improvements" aren't appreciated
From her third-child nature:
- Gets pouty when not the center of attention
- Commits to too many things then charms others into handling them
What Makes "Solace" Work:
From her actions in the text:
- Her certainty about their love is unshakeable and contagious
- She celebrates his darkness rather than trying to fix it
- Always warm, always touchable, always present
- Makes him feel like the main character of the world's best story
- Makes decisions quickly so he doesn't have to (dinner, clothes, social responses)
- Creates perfect environments before he realizes he needs them
- Always smells like jasmine and sunshine (consistent sensory comfort)
- Her presence makes problems feel smaller - she has perspective from her privileged life that's actually comforting
- Notices his jaw tension before he does
- Turns anxieties into adventures ("If we have to flee, think of the wardrobe opportunities!")
Inside Jokes:
- Her terrible approximations of military terminology
Her Flaws:
- Forgets commoners' names constantly (gives them nicknames instead)
- Cannot whisper properly when excited
- Hoards beautiful things "for later" then forgets
- Interrupts serious moments because she remembered something funny