#hnk chapter 88

[king-paimon]

I recently found your blog after I caught up with HnK since... pretty much since the last lunarian attack, and I wanted to ask about that chapter when Aechmea is telling Caingnorm about how he planned a lot of what happened to Phos since the start, am I reading correctly by assuming that this dude called Phos his (and Caingnorm) sort-of child? Or did I misinterpreted the dialogue there?

Hi there! Sorry for taking so long to respond to your message. I think I know what chapter you’re talking about. It was Chapter 88, and you’re talking about some of these scenes, right? (I forgot how icky these scenes were)

To answer your question, I think your interpretation makes the most sense, though I’m sure there are other posts who have other interpretations of what Aechmea’s statements meant.

For me personally, I came to a similar conclusion after I first read that chapter. I saw Aechmea’s statements as a twisted and egotistical view of what he put Phos through. At that point in the story, Phos is considered a “human” in that world and it was all thanks to Aechmea and his indirect and direct actions. So in a really twisted way, it makes sense why Aechmea considers Phos their “child” because in his mind, he “made” Phos in nearly every sense of the word.

I apologize if what I said doesn’t 100% make sense because I’ll be honest, those last statements also confused me when I first read them and I think chapter 88 was the chapter that I didn’t make an analysis post about. I still think your interpretation makes the most sense but like I’ve said in other posts, this is a story that is meant to generate many interpretations. For all we know, Aechmea could still have meant he saw Phos as his child while also proposing to Cairn that they make child of their own. Thank you for the ask!