#I could nawt find the original post for the life of me but I did find it in my word count doc so !

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as I have mentioned so many times that you all are probably like 'yes adair we know' io has stupidly massive trust issues. this is because of their childhood and also the entire thing with col really fucked them up. io will always have trust issues. they do not want them. they do not like giving these thoughts ground. but it is very hard for them not to. lucrezia is very distrustful and often hostile/rude to strangers. io does not trust strangers at all, themself. because a stranger could be a hunter. on top of their already present trust issues, io has to be vigilant and paranoid to stay alive. they are, literally, hunted. when io starts to become closer to people, they start to let their guard down little bit by little bit. lucrezia starts to accept them a little more, herself, but she is still obviously rather rude and resentful about their presence. she is always watching them to make sure that they don't get up to any funny business. and when io really gets closer to someone and starts to allow themself those bits and pieces of trust, lucrezia starts to calm down, too. she still watches carefully and keeps an eye on things, but she might also start to offer affection. lu is a perfect echo to iovita's own trust. even in established relationships, if io is starting to feel distrustful for whatever reason, lu will immediately echo it. so, if io is hiding these thoughts, lucrezia will give them away by how she's acting - standoffish, distant, withdrawing her affections.