I would like to propose the Fyodor and Nikolai 1st meet might go like this? Alr so imagine Nikolai is just starting to express himself and trying to prove he's free and ends up in jail, like very closed in a chains and all that. In that process, he goes a little bonkers trying to be free until one day, a man shows up (chat its the Russian rat) (oops that ryhmed) and offers to free Nikolai if he came and worked for him yada yada... and Nikolai's like- but working for you would be binding myself down; but Fyodor is a manipulative little sht and is all- well I'm sure u want to be free from here more, and if you don't come work for me, aren't you just binding your self down through karma because you left a debt unpaid?? and Nikolai is like......... and Fyodor just smiles like the dumbas he is and boom shakalaka they work together now lol; extra cool fyolai scene is Fyodor makes a promise to never leave Nikolai trapped for long in a prison ever again so when someone, I assume dazai or whatever, captures Nikolai he's all smug and reveals the promise and Fyodor come in and is like- as a man of God I cannot betray a promise or some other crap and saves him yippee and I swear I'm normal abt these two but like I need to see this I'm sorry for yapping lol