I knew Xav had it bad but I didn't know her relationship with Tusira (at least I'm assuming it's Tusira) was expressly abusive? I'm curious about that now
it wasnt actually referring to Tusira and hers relationship, but that doesnt mean it WASNT, considering that for her entire service under Tu, she was lied to about the fate of her ex matesprit and their organization, and tusira used that hatred and rage that it sparked in Xav to turn her into one of the best soldiers shes ever had
it was more referring to Xavvax’s relationship with Norexx! their relationship started out innocent enough, but once Norexx started the rebel group and dragged Xav into it, he became a lot more manipulative. he would threaten to leave xavvax if she failed on any missions he had sent her on, which forced her to drastically improve her effectiveness because she was genuinely still in love with him, turning her panic and pain into anger and rage against their opposition
it’s why she was so quick to kill Norexx when she found out he was still alive. she realized that everything that happened with Norexx happened again with Tusira and she could not live with going back to that, and killed him rather quickly because of it









