#he's definitely used to Kariom being scared and compliant but not outright hostile because some part of him remembers *something*

[alexandriteobscuraarchive]

((The weight of why Flynn gets so aggressive so quickly just hit me like a brick (again): In his mind he's talking to Kariom but because the player is playing from, in that instance, Roui's pov, asking questions because Roui doesn't know Flynn or anyone else, understand anything, etc, you're playing straight into Flynn's hands or, more specifically, his fears: ' What if a day comes and the kiddo isn't our kiddo anymore? What if he loses his personality?' that is legitimately what's happening because you're stuck as Roui.

Flynn NEVER clocks or understands that he's not talking to Kariom in that instance (so far as we know, that could very well come up later and definitely will) and in his mind his worst fear is happening right in front of him---the whole star/shuffling situation is one that he detests outright but this is way more severe---and he clearly doesn't know how to handle it. Even him trying to smooth things over is jarring because not even Flynn will know if it'll work.))