#my thoughts are lwk not coherent sometimes so this is me stringing them together

[faela0]

Vodwatching yesterdays session from Kab’s perspective was so interesting because we don’t often see Kab and Clown interact on Lifesteal

What struck me the most was Kab’s dm to Clown ‘dont sacrifice yourself for them’, ‘they aren’t worth it’

It implies that Kab values Clown life over killing Mane which is crazy because she’s wanted him dead for months now, and shes asked for Clowns help with dealing with him before.

But “they” can be interpreted in two different ways: the Empire and the Blindfold bandits.

Don’t sacrifice yourself for the empire, helping them isn’t worth your life (It’s in a sort of superior way, like your life is more valuable than theirs, save yourself and get away before you die too)

or

Don’t sacrifice yourself for the empire, killing mane isn’t worth your life (In a concern type of way, I want to see you live more than I want to see Mane die)

The difference is very minimal but it speaks to how she views Clown, and either way the message remains the same - get out of there before you die like Zam.

Like it’s a small over minecraft chat interaction but it goes to show how much Kab cares and trusts Clown and gives insight into why she was so insistent that Clown would always have her back even when he wasn’t active on the sever. It’s obvious she cares for him a lot otherwise she wouldn’t have willingly sacrificed the opportunity to kill Mane out of concern for his life.

Question is, is it reciprocated? Kab obviously carries that strong bond she and Clown has into Lifesteal, and I would’ve expected Clown to not do the same so its surprising when earlier in the stream he straight up reveals his big plan to 1v3 them to her since he didn’t have anything to gain by telling her that. But ended up benefitting anyway since Kab offers to strike a deal with Sb for some god apples.

This entire conversation, they acted more like teammates than anything because they just have a weird almost unconditional trust in each other that doesn’t come with being just allies, which is important since we know that Clown is very willing to team with kab “once she proves herself”.

The notch apple thing also made me realise that Kab has a weird thing with helping people. She generally asks if she can help a lot (twice to clown in just one stream, and all those times shes asked Zam) and it’s such a striking difference how she treats Clown compared to how she treats Zam, who she imposes her help on, as opposed to Clown who she offers it to. Especially since she wants Zam to fufill that role of her protector that Clown is usually in.

This was just a bunch of yap lwk, but kab is interesting