#THEYRE MAKING HESTIO FLATTER....

[microwaving-tesilid-argente]

Okay I finished the spreadsheet for round 17 up until the end of the mirror dungeon. My conclusion: yeah, ✨i got no clue who's who✨

One of them has the tendency to call Ailette by name, while the other uses "leader"/"captain"

My first guess was that it's Hestio using "Ailette" and Ephael addressing her by title - Hestio seems to have a stronger tendency to make fun of her (pretty sure he's the one who called her a cabbage for having layers of surprises; ch 159) and I think Ephael might still be feeling guilty about having tried to kill her in the past

BUT back in the snow queen dungeon, Hestio seemed to insist on calling her by title while Ephael was more casual with her. And literally in the same scene where Ephael calls her "Your Eminence" and all that when he confesses to having tried to kill her, he also calls her by name (I'm pretty sure it's him anyway - "I believe youre an adult, Ailette" when Tesilid refused to drink)

so who knows?!?? lol. maybe they BOTH alternate between "Ailette" and her titles.

the only consistent pieces of characterisation are:

Ephael is really curious about relationships

Hestio & Ephael are very innocent ("What's this strange belt?" "I know right?")

Hestio and Ailette make fun of each other a couple of times. This does not happen with Ephael-Ailette

Hestio constantly proactively and loudly pushing the others to the front and staying safely at the back

Hestio's really noisy. I don't know how else to put it, but if he doesn't like something or sees a chance to make fun of Ephael, you can be sure he makes it known.

all I can say is, thank god Tesilid switched to calling her "Allie" and that Ash uses "sister"/"brother"