#plus Milosh also mirroring Flynn on multiple levels...ugh my heart

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((Honestly I believe that Milosh's friendship with Kariom actually saved him in a way, at least emotionally. Even with all of the complications surrounding Milosh's life, habits, and relationships (and there are MANY, he's not a character free or absolved from such things in the slightest although not everything is his fault, it's a very toxic situation on a myriad of levels) he seems to be the kind of person who hates being alone and needs to have someone by his side, someone to take care of, etc, and when Milosh began failing his family and losing himself to his addictions and etc in earnest here comes this star-reader that changes his view on literally everything. Not only did he gain a new purpose but his starbound partnership with Kariom helped Milosh reestablish the better parts of himself deep down and I'm sad that it was so short lived. He refused to leave either family and as a result left one in shambles and died for the other which is just....sad. If there'd been more time and if the situation hadn't been so dire I really believe it would've helped him better things.....

The emphasis put upon Milosh calling Kariom his brother, the gift of the jewelers guide; which stands as a wonderful symbol of their connection as friends and the connection between the Stream and the Flat on the whole, to say nothing about the creation of the mereoak bracelet which is also a metaphorical (and literal) link (I'm also very sad that Kariom didn't get to receive said gift but it's also fitting that it goes to Serban), the fact that Milosh included Kariom in the birth of Serban (the leaf collecting bit) and helped him to learn empathy, Kariom's insistence that Roui is, ultimately, more like MIlosh in regards to his personality and heart rather than his father, the fact that both characters die and are resurrected in their own unique ways (Kariom's resurrection being literal, Milosh's resurrection being metaphorical, meaning he largely lives on in the stuff listed above, the families left behind and found again in different ways, etc, etc,) all of this (and more) paints a warm yet heartbreaking picture))