queued a post that made me think of it (#myqueue...) but fr solrook is just...! so....!!!!
solas is trapped. he's trapped in the regret prison. he is trapped with nothing but his regrets (in a way, it's an actualization of what he's gone through for so long, but that is, perhaps, its own post)
rook is the only person he sees. the only person he speaks with. the only person who is outside of himself and his memories. the only connection to a world he is cut off from. if memory serves, he mentions that even the spirits know certain things that are happening, and clearly he has some insight into the world, but it's never implied iirc that he's speaking with any of these spirits
in a way, it wouldn't matter who rook is. they are the only human (so to speak) connection solas is afforded. they are the only distraction from his psychological torture. they are the only disruption to utter, haunted isolation. and they are the only hope for his future, for his ability to escape this place
no matter who rook was, no matter what they thought of solas, no matter what they did, rook would be something special to solas. this is inevitable
he cares about them so, so much. he has to. they were his world, for a time. that's not even metaphorical, really: they were his entire world, the only evidence of a continued reality outside of his prison and his memories and the information he gets second-hand, information that he could easily come to doubt
isolation is a ripe field for paranoia, after all
rook embodies hope for so many people throughout the game, and they embody it for solas, too. it's no wonder he can't bring himself to kill them. they are his hope. his bridge. his reminder. his access. his grounding. his present. his future
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