Aughhh a narrative parallel between Ghost and PK in Voiceless Requiem just occured to me... PK's philosophy was "no cost to great" while Ghost seems to have internalized that, even if they're miserable it's a "small price to pay" for the happiness of everyone around them... what's particularly standing out to me is that PK acknowledged that the cost was, indeed, *great*, as opposed to Ghost who is minimizing the worth of themself and their own feelings...
So many people in this fandom are so smart lol. I guess a story like that of this game often demands it. Still, you all are picking up on so many things so much quicker than I was expecting you to (not a bad thing! a good thing. a great thing in fact!)
But yes, we are paralleling PK and Ghost a lot in their thought processes -- specifically the PK from Ghost's original timeline. PK from then and PK from now are technically the same person, and despite this Ghost is managing to take after the wrong dad. Poor kid.
For as long as Ghost continues to refuse to acknowledge that they did lose something and it is okay to mourn that thing, there is literally no way for them to get better. And even if they do acknowledge it, they need to be able to communicate their issues with people, and that is somehow an even harder ask.
There is a reason why this fic is marked 7/26 chapters.