Okay but have you considered a roleswap where Sorey is the mystical being and Mikleo is the human
OKAY WE HAVE AND OKAY HERE’S THE LAY-DOWN BECAUSE ELI AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS ALL DAY
from the get-go, the idea of a role-reversal makes Sorey and Mikleo’s origin story that much more interesting because it suggests that Michael must have held some form of affection for his nephew. After all, it means he chose not to actually sacrifice Mikleo, but another random babe from the village (which is awful for Selene)
THAT BEING SAID that also makes their origin story that much harder to hear because I imagine this gives Mikleo some guilt because that was his uncle who killed an innocent boy
This also probably gives Mikleo a whole lot more worry and fear as a Shepherd about somehow “following in his uncle’s footsteps”
Also as a result this makes Mikleo, as a Shepherd, far more vulnerable to malevolence than Sorey turned out to be in-game
After hearing about their origin story, I have soft feelings about Sorey wondering about his mother and the aftermath of having him stolen from her so horribly. I can imagine that even though he may not know where she is--though she’s probably dead after Camlann--Sorey gets an idea to start writing her letters that tell her about their journeys and that he’s okay and happy and she doesn’t have to be sad anymore about what happened
(This is also probably what leads to Sorey doing the very same thing for Mikleo once Mikleo goes to sleep with Maotelus--he starts writing him letters about everything that’s been happening while he’s gone; but this time he can look forward to the day where someone will actually read them.)
((And read them, Mikleo does. All of them.))
The role-reversal also makes the beginning sequence of how the boys left Elysia that much more great?? because let’s be honest when Sorey and Mikleo find Alisha in St. Mabinogio, Mikleo’s gonna want nothing to do with the poor girl. Sorey meanwhile is going to be the one who’s convincing his human friend to go meet her because “hey she’s the first and only human you’ve ever even seen, man! Don’t you at least want to say hi to her?”
Also, when Alisha leaves and the duo find out that Lunarre is after her, it’s still Sorey who wants to go to Ladylake and help her. And he would--a lonely seraph all by himself--if his human friend didn’t know him better and still decide to stop him and go with him because, “You idiot. You’re a seraph. What did you exactly think you would be able to do, huh?”
Mikleo still refuses to form a contract with Sorey (just like Sorey did with Mikleo), but this time, even though they argue about it (a lot) Sorey doesn’t ever actually leave him. He convinces Mikleo eventually, but it’s not because of absence.
Mikleo purposefully “mistranslates” sometimes what Sorey wants to tell Alisha during the time in which she can’t see or hear him or Lailah. Sorey is very put-out by this because Shepherd Mikleo is getting in the way of him making human friends. Poor Sorey.
