do you ever think about how regardless of who you choose, lumine will have inteyvats in her hair. no matter who she becomes, whether traveler or the abyss princess, she will have flowers woven in her hair. these flowers are the main motif for her character and represent her. and it's either dain who gave her those flowers and to him, it reminds him of her and he said he may not remember much but he does remember that she loved them. dain must have woven those inteyvats in her hair, a symbolism of his love for her. she carried them with her five hundred years later even after everything that soured their relationship. and she loves these flowers too, those are the remnants of her time with dain and also khaenri'ah. and if she's not the abyss princess, if you choose her as the traveler, then it was aether who loved inteyvats and loved her enough to put them in her hair. aether who watched over her while she slept dreamlessly, aether who learned about khaenri'ah and fell in love with this nation, aether who met dain and learned of this flower. her brother who turned to the dark side, still carried softness and love within him to give her flowers
do you ever think about how these flowers are inevitable? no matter what, dain or aether will give her these flowers to wear. no matter her fate, lumine will always have them in her hair. there was no timeline where she didn't have them, villain or hero, abyss princess or traveler. either dain will love her enough to give inteyvats to her or aether will, and she will carry them with her. do you ever think of how you will always be loved regardless, lumine? there is no choice here, this is inevitable, this is unchanging there's only one ending to this story
