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Dragon ramblings | chapter 263

The dragons showing Yona what they believe is her ideal reality (her friends being safe) but failing to capture the essence of what makes that reality worth striving for (keeping their spirits and personhoods intact) so encapsulates how removed from humanity they are and that they don’t understand why Hiryuu (and Yona) love people.

I have previously criticized Yona for pursuing her “perfect future” regardless of whether said future would bring her loved ones peace and closure (as an example, this most recent interaction with Zeno). I believe this illusion in the chalice is the story’s way of making her confront that habit of hers. Because what does it mean for her friends to be safe if they’re completely robbed of their agency? If they’re stripped of who they are? Does she actually care about whether her loved ones feel content and satisfied, or does she only keep in sight her desired reality?

I think too, this inclination of the dragons to be apathetic towards individual human experience (what I can imagine is due to both their long life spans and immense power) really highlights why Soo-Won would resist utilizing the strength of the gods. He most prioritizes people’s wellbeing and if he let himself be allied with gods then he risks losing sight of what is best for them as a whole. Also the dragons’ long life spans being part of why they are distanced from humanity contrasts with Soo-Won’s short life expectancy and how that feeds into his intense (almost obsessive) drive to Do Something Now.