so... rereading Qifrey's backstory.... SPOILERS FROM HERE ON OUT, 87 TO 94
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it's canon that he was an active experiment- yeah? -> like, he was purposefully put in different situations to either distress him or make him feel safe so that the extents of being a silverwood host could be studied. and those studies were written down somewhere
i'm not sure Qifrey was ever genuinely 'rescued' from the Brims
Lestisse was monitoring how Custas took to his roots, that's also canon and it's how they knew what was going on when the tree receded -> following this logic, Ininia is also being monitored- though she seems to be the only one that was ever actively aware of it
with how often the Brims love to hurt and terrorize Qifrey... I think one of 'em might genuinely be monitoring him too in some way- perhaps through his stolen eye
i don't think he ever truly stopped being their original experiment










