#like 90% of echani: good LORD this is the STRONGEST warrior ive ever seen in my life..and that solitude...we will be married in the spring

[ebitenpura]

still thinking about how Eight doesn't want to run into other Echani in the wild because he's afraid they'll see right through him and know the kind of man he is at first glance (an honorless killer) and the knowledge that he no longer fits even in his own culture's society would be too harsh a blow to bear, but unbeknownst to him it'd probably just make him more attractive in their eyes lolol

[zeeseventeen]

#eight: i can never look another member of my species in the eye for what i've done. they would see all of my sins and a warrior doomed #like 90% of echani: good LORD this is the STRONGEST warrior ive ever seen in my life..and that solitude...we will be married in the spring #echani are super social with their own kind so seeing a literal lone wolf would probably appeal to many. #old fashioned ones would see it as undesirable but i imagine it's like having a type for bad boys LMFAO #eight is right though lone wolves are not typical mate material #but he's thinking about it completely the wrong way as if it's wholly unattractive and not a new kind of awakening for some 😭 #probably the fault of his traditionalist family #not to mention that would be completely overshadowed by his achievements in battle #he goes back to Eshan afraid of being ostracized but is spammed with courting duels instead and is like this is a completely DIFFERENT kind #*of problem #echani are so funny. judges your martial ability as peak attractiveness first #I imagine echani are also drawn to other social species if they can't find a battleworthy mate #but when they marry humans or something the first reaction is always 'oh....they don't look very....strong. well as long as you're happy' #insert i didn't know you liked them...tall from fresh prince of belair #man no wonder eight just pretends he doesn't have any family #being full echani but part thyrsian is also its own set of problems

still thinking about how Eight doesn't want to run into other Echani in the wild because he's afraid they'll see right through him and know the kind of man he is at first glance (an honorless killer) and the knowledge that he no longer fits even in his own culture's society would be too harsh a blow to bear, but unbeknownst to him it'd probably just make him more attractive in their eyes lolol