#me clutching onto any crumbs of chronic illness rep like:

[faethons]

Been thinking a lot about Zenless lore (no surprises there) and about the “condition” Billy talks about that both the Proxy siblings have which makes them unfit to go in the Hollows.

I don’t think it’s low Ether aptitude, or at least, I don’t think it’s just that. I think that if they go into the Hollows, after a while (shorter than most), they start to exhibit the normal symptoms of Ether exposure (exhaustion, fatigue, aches and pains) but also their vision starts to go / they could even start to go blind permanently.

That’s why Wise is so hell-bent (to an extreme degree we’ve never seen since) on getting Belle out of the Hollow and so worried about her afterward (if you play Belle, you aren’t allowed to do much of anything for a good few in-game days).

That’s also why anything eye-related is such a big deal to both of them; Wise emphasizes time and again to Belle how important it is to tell him if her vision starts to go again or even if her eyes feel strange.