#this scene of eko surrounded by flame and her eyes hardening with resolve

[lilas]

thinking about eko and erenville irt the second half of dawntrail

dawntrail spoilers ahead 🌞

I can’t decide if i want to gpose this or write it

I think gpose

But like…Eko was there to experience the Final Days in Thavnair, where she had been living for several years at that point; Thavnair was and is her home

And she saw it burn, saw the horrors begotten from despair, and fought tooth and nail to protect what was left

So when the dome drops, and the Alexandrians invade Tural, and Erenville is fearing for his home while everyone is planning, Eko sees and understands his grief, his fears, his struggle

The Scions are sympathetic of course, but they have their tasks and no time to stop and grieve, not yet; they couldn’t stop and grieve if they wanted to end the Final Days, and they can’t stop to grieve until they end the threat of Zoraal Ja’s army

This is where Avi’li fails Erenville as a partner (and the beginning of where Erenville fails Avi’li as a partner… something they’ll need to work to on, more on that later) but Eko can relate

And while the Scions and Vows create a plan, Eko is there by Erenville’s side, understanding and empathetic and grieving with him

To see one’s home in such a state…not knowing how things can ever get back to how they were…watching the destruction and feeling powerless…who can understand better than them

But Thavnair did come out the other side, and Eko believes Yyasulani will come out the other side as well; changed… but alive

The assurance comforts Erenville at the very least