*flops in* hello dear good morrow, any current HCs about Astral & S0’s relationship with Eliphas and Ena?
G o d. Okay so to me, Ena comes across as the real leader of the Astral people. As in, she is with her fellow people and supports everyone in the Astrien community. If you need something, you speak to her and she would then relay it upwards to Astral or directly through to Eliphas. It’s not encouraged for her to see him on her own so yeah, Astral is her best bet and most reliable point of contact. Astral doesn’t actually know her that well and keeps their interactions very stiff and impersonal, but I can easily imagine that Ena has tried to engage with him as a person rather than just a talk box for Eliphas. It’s not personal, Astral feels a bit distant from the other people of Astral world. He is technically a servant to them and continues to act as such. That’s his perceived extent of worth.
Outside my ‘S0 is actually completed Astral’ AU, I’d always believed that Astral was left naked cause he was to be below the common folk. A weapon doesn’t need clothing. It is to be used and discarded or left on the side for future use.
Shining Hope and Ena know each other a little better. She’s older than he is by hundreds of years more. She comes across as a little motherly to him. Before being split up, her efforts to be on even ground was completely ignore, but now they speak like old friends. She might be the closet thing to a mentor figure for S0.
Astral and S0 share the same feelings towards Eliphas. They are worlds apart. He can’t see him as anything else but a figure worthy of fear and respect. With his slight softening of heart (thanks Yuuma) it has been less intimidating and stressful to be in his presence, but it’s hard to shake the feeling that he is only an object before him. They’d do anything for him regardless of this rift. He craves Eliphas’ approval.
