also thinking about loki & mika because of the whole. mikaboshi who built the great wall & deployed a key to the otherworld for the sake of destroying astrals. and lokis lines during edgelands...
Loki: You know… I've given up living like you lot. That lifestyle can stay in the past. The Sky Realm, the Astrals, not even fate—none of it matters. I won't let anyone get in my way. I will do what I want to do. So at the very least, let's try not to get in each other's way.
especially the 'ive given up living like you lot' ? because theres these interactions too just before
Astral: Loki… Why would someone of your stature be here?
Astral: You lout—watch your tongue! A low-birth cur like yourself has no right to address me! Loki: Haha… Don't mind me. Regretfully I had a terrible upbringing. I can't be held responsible for what comes out of my mouth.
Astral: Answer me one thing. What happened to your older brother, Lord Byleistr? Loki: He's dead. Gone for good. Astral: Humph. Of course he is. News of mundane deaths—especially those of fools who chain themselves to the Sky Realm—wouldn't reach us here.
last one i put so much weight to because they refer to byleistr with lord, but loki with 1) nothing like that 2) low-birth (unrelated, but theres also the ending to the conversation where it describes loki as 'composing himself' after he has said everything, so i get the feeling he (rightfully) got annoyed with how his brother was treated. but also using 'lord' and then saying mundane & fool.... like seeing how the astrals on the edgelands are i can see why (the one loki was speaking to was a fighter during the war? right?) but cmon now leave the man alone
Astral: You will not act foolishly if you know what is best for you. Someone like you mustn't interfere in the affairs of the world.
augh....
theres also the fact that true king & violet knight reacted to loki being aware of the otherworld rewriting history as it was happening, and with how loki went 'lol maybe its an astral thing?' and cutting to where mika actually was (because she wasnt there & could confirm)....loki..........was it shown if repti was aware of not? cant rmbr if they touched upon that at all in any way
either way loki saying all that and then increasingly becoming more confused with what he wants to do throughout the arc. my lil dude. ill grab his conversation with mika some other time(unless i alrdy have it somewhere) but i think loki & mika are sooooo...............ppl who are not fond of astral society....mika to the point of almost destroying herself had she not been sealed (with shitori).
theres also....mika was in the sky realm to prepare for the invasion only to start building stuff to target astrals instead (which is so funny on its own like why did yall give her a skydom. what did she say. did noone care. did noone think she was considering to unleash the otherworld on u), but loki wasnt a researcher and he surely wasnt a fighter, was it for byleistr? also the fact he picked up fenrir......fenrir who was created to go against god..... ig zwei falls into it too but its very. people who were rejected. does that make sense. ness is there on society's orders & gandharva. is gandharva. lov u ness tho
