sarin and misri have something of a difficult relationship. i don't know if i would say it's complicated, but due to their own struggles and their differences in position, it's not simple.
i think i mentioned sarin came to work at the temple about four years ago and he was quite off guard by the fact misri was quite literally, in his eyes, a child. she was sixteen and held to a high place of importance and though she was already very good at displaying confidence and composure, he pitied her.
which is a defining thing. sarin pities misri: pities her for having no childhood, pities her for her position, pities her for all the things she might very well never have. he recognizes that she only sees herself as the oracle of ionia and nothing more. because he pities her, he tries to do things to make her happy or at the very least, he tries to treat her like she's a person.
over the past few years, sarin's come to view her as something of a sister - albeit, an estranged one. he's protective of misri because he knows she has no one else, but he also knows better than to try and cross boundaries.
on her end, misri has a very, very hard time expressing or even understanding a lot of her own feelings. sarin is important to her, he gives her a sense of stability, but he's also nothing more than a paid employee. she's slightly warmer to him than most others, but even then, misri holds him at arm's length. she's very formal and overly polite, much like she is with most people. there are small things she does that shows her attachment: she defaults to him whenever she needs help, she assigns him seemingly mundane tasks knowing he hates standing at the temple doing nothing, and she does actually speak to him first and ask him small questions.
in an ideal world, sarin and misri would be the found family trope. anyways i love them very much.
