anyway im sure others have said this but the way that drowned and isabel (thoughtform) represent both how aki felt abt the respective relationships and the respective people
the way that the memory with drowned was ultimately a happy and calm one but that drowned has to force loper into playing it because of degredation
but that isabel Just Wants An Akizet, even if shes a little pushy or sad about it - that, even with how much she yearns for akizet, she never forces the effigies strictly into the role of one (from what we see)
akizet does genuinely care abt kazki and vice versa but i think their relationship is definitely marred slightly by the fact that its Professional
theres a distance between them, and something kazki is expecting from akizet - for akizet to feel better, and then work better because of it (slightly reductive but hopefully my meaning is clear)
that expectation, that formality, isn't there with isabel - it's even something akizet directly acknowledges...
it's just fascinating how everything in the cyst is so deeply connected to akizet and the way she viewed others and the world around her. gay little system