Feb 26, 2025
Just saw a comic by ari-larsen (go check them out if you haven't) where John tells Harrow to "do something normal"before making some suggestions.
It just hit me then.
John's view of normal doesn't exist anymore in the Empire he created. Sure maybe on a Cosmopolitan world like the third or the fifth it does... But not on the Ninth.
Harrow doesn't read books for leisure, there are no other meals apart from cooking snowleeks, Harrow doesn't do relaxation or rest.
And it, much like everything in this twisted universe, is all John's fault.