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Honorifics: Silver

Silver refers to all the first-year and second-year students by their first names with no honorifics, no exceptions.

Silver refers to all the non-Diasomnia third-year students with the "senpai" honorifics, no exceptions.

Silver refers to Malleus as "Malleus-sama," with no exceptions.

He typically refers to Lilia as "Father-dono."

Yana has said that, originally, Silver referred to Lilia as "Father-sama," but the repetition of "Malleus-sama" from both Sebek and Silver together plus "Lilia-sama" from Sebek and "Father-sama" from Silver became too much, so "Father-sama" was changed to "Father-dono."

In Book 7 we heard what is maybe the one and only instance of Silver dropping from honorific from Lilia's name to call him a more casual title (similar to "dad" instead of "father"), while speaking with Malleus.

In the December 2023 issue of B's Log there is an interview with Silver's VA Shimazaki Nobunaga who explains this scene, saying that it was a moment of brotherhood between Malleus and Silver, two sons both raised by Lilia trying to come to terms with Lilia leaving:

"In the Main Story, Chapter 2 of Book 7, Silver breaks down and starts to cry, but that might never have happened if the person with him at the time hadn’t been Malleus, his older brother. Silver has spent so much time with Malleus and they have so many shared memories of his father, and he probably knew that Malleus shared in how lonely he felt in response to Lilia leaving the school. I think that’s why he wasn’t able to control his true feelings in that moment: because he was with Malleus."

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@mangacupcake @marrondrawsalot @writing-heiress @the-weirdos-mind

MAMA SPADE!?

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Silver: Father

Lilia: Yes Silver?

Silver: I'm gay

Lilia:....

Silver:....

Lilia:....

Silver:....

Lilia: I'm sorry, can we have a do over? I forgot to act surprised

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Please lovely writers write daddy Lilia and Malleus with our little ball of sunshine silver ❤️

#twstsilver #lilavanrouge #malleusdraconia #twistedwonderland

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(This was originally an ask received through Twitter)

"Hi! I finished Book 6 on EN Server just a few hours ago, and something stuck out to me in the Mickey Conversation. When reading Fan Subs, it seemed like Mickey was saying he saw the Silver haired weird eye colour boy (probably Silver, heh) in Yu's Room. But reading EN's translation, it pretty clearly placed the boy on Mickey's side of the mirror. Is this added specificity by EN, or reading the original Japanese, is that the conclusion that would come?"

I agree with the EN translation, but! I definitely understand how there might have been some confusion!

Originally Mickey does not say “my dream room,” he says “this dream room,” which is very important.

Seeing the word "this" (この) might have led a few translators to think, "'this room' is the room in Ramshackle, so Mickey must be describing what he saw in Ramshackle."

Much like English, Japanese differentiates between things close to/belonging to you (this, この) vs. things close/belonging to other people (that, その), but unlike English the difference is a little stricter.

Mickey uses この for "this room," which can only mean the room where he is. If he had meant the prefect's room, he would have said その, for "that room."

Since English can be more flexible with "this" and "that," it is possible that people saw "this room" in Japanese and interpreted it as what "this room" means to themselves, not what it means to Mickey.

From a Japanese-language perspective, however, "this room" is the one occupied by the speaker (Mickey), not the one occupied by the listener (the prefect).

The idea that the boy was in the prefect's room is further debunked by Mickey’s follow-up line, when he says that he wishes the prefect could also come to see him on "this side" (こっち側, with "this" being from the speaker's (Mickey's) perspective, while the listener's side (Ramshackle) would be そっち側), just like the boy with silver hair :>

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Hello! Quick question

Do the other members of Diasomnia (besides the main cast ones) know that Silver is Lilia's son?

Hello hello!! Thank you for this great question!

Due to the limitations of the visual-novel medium it can be difficult to tell who is listening in on what conversations. To be 100% certain that Silver has referred to Lilia as "father" in front of another member of Diasomnia I tried to find Silver doing so while on-screen with at least one unnamed student--and failed!

We get several examples of Silver saying "father" in the Diasomnia lounge, but it is exclusively during scenes when Sebek, Malleus and/or Lilia himself are the only ones there.

This is not really proof either way: maybe he is comfortable saying it there because, even if he is overheard, everyone in Diasomnia already knows.

But maybe it's because they are alone in the lounge (all four are unusually sensitive to their surroundings), and he does not do so when there are other Diasomnia students in hearing range.

There is an interesting exchange during Phantom Bride where Silver corrects himself to say "Lilia-senpai," only to say "Father" later on, both times being when he is in the lounge.

But the first time he was interacting with an unspecified member of the Phantom Bride party while later he was presumably alone with Malleus: no other Diasomnia student ever appears on screen to prove otherwise.

I think the closest we ever come to Silver saying "father" in front of unnamed Diasomnia students is Halloween!

Except, right before he does so...

...they all scatter in different directions.

It is directly afterwards that he refers to Lilia as "father," but the new arrangements are difficult to visualize: are he and Lilia hiding out alone together?

They are spying on Magicam Monsters so it is also likely that they are speaking in whispers, thus making it impossible for anyone else in Diasomnia to overhear them.

Spoiler-free conclusion: We might not have any proof of Silver ever calling Lilia "Father" in front of any background students, Diasomnia or otherwise, so it is possible that he is hiding it from everyone equally :>

If you do not mind a small Book-7 spoiler:

EN will learn in the next installment that Lilia told Silver not to call him "Father" at school, "to avoid confusing the other students."

He does not specify "the students outside of Diasomnia," so it might be safe to assume that it was being kept secret from everyone, including their own dorm!

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Birthday Present Tracking: Silver

⚠️JP-server-only information included, no main story spoilers⚠️

Presents received by Silver:

・Horse-grooming glove (Riddle) ・Sports towel (Cater) ・An explanation of a pressure point meant to help one stay awake (Ruggie)

・Special voucher (Azul) ・Black tea (Kalim) ・Thermos (Jamil)

・Polaroid camera (Rook) ・A birthday photo with Malleus and Sebek (Lilia) ・Reference book (unspecified member of equestrian club, possibly Riddle)

・Sports drink (unspecified classmate) ・Gum (Diasomnia students) ・Bedding-related gifts (unspecified) ・Tiny flower crown (various woodland birds and squirrels)

Presents Given by Silver:

・Luxury pudding (to Ruggie) ・An offer to do anything Azul wants (to Azul) ・Rope (to Jade)

・Wooden mug (to Kalim) ・Push-up bar (to Vil) ・Had a little bird land on Ortho’s finger (for Ortho)

・Stone statue (to Malleus) ・Celebratory dishes (to Lilia) ・Dumbbells (to Sebek) ・A photo of Sebek conversing with Malleus (for Sebek)

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Happy birthday to Silver's VA Shimazaki Nobunaga!

Shimazaki has had an eventful 2023, voicing characters in projects such as Opus.COLORS (with Riddle’s Hanae, Leona’s Umehara, Trey’s Suzuki and Floyd’s Okamoto), Fate/Samurai Remnant (with Floyd’s Okamoto), Dead Mount Death Play (with Ortho’s Aoi, Floyd’s Okamoto, Azul’s Tamaru and Ruggie’s Ichikawa),

Dark Gathering, Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation (with Riddle’s Hanae), Tokyo Revengers (with Riddle’s Hanae, Ace’s Yamashita and Idia’s Uchiyama),

My Tiny Senpai, Fragaria Memories, HoneyWorks Premium Live (with Rollo’s Kamiya, Riddle’s Hanae, Lilia’s Midorikawa and Idia’s Uchiyama),

and Blue Lock (with Ruggie’s Ichikawa, Riddle’s Hanae, Trey’s Suzuki, Idia’s Uchiyama, Rollo’s Kamiya and Jade’s Komada).

He is also credited with several upcoming, 2024 projects such as God Is Hungry for Games, MASHLE (with Deuce’s Kobayashi and Riddle’s Hanae) and Urusei Yatsura (with Rollo’s Kamiya).

More here:

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Silver Info Compilation part 7: Silver and Malleus

While Silver is quieter in general than Sebek he seems equally devoted to Malleus, with voice lines like, “I hope to attend a Night Raven College ceremony alongside Malleus”, “I’ve no desire to reflect poorly on Malleus”, “I train myself ardently to better protect Malleus and his entourage” and “The stronger I get, the better I can protect Malleus. That is why I seek as much power as I can get.”

When Malleus compliments Kalim and Deuce during New Years he says that one might say they have “taken on the mien of a true guardian”, and when Sebek responds with poorly Silver responds that his envy his “understandable”.

Silver worries about performing poorly in a class and being an embarrassment to Malleus in a vignette, and explains to Idia that he “cannot let anything happen to Malleus”.

Idia comments that maybe Silver’s loyalty is just a result of scared to defy Malleus, and Silver responds, “I will do anything for the man I have pledged my loyalty to.”

Vil has learned how to take advantage of Silver’s loyalty to Malleus manipulate him, namedropping Malleus to pressure Silver into participating in a Film Club project (“Does he mean to say that I will sully Malleus’ good name if I refuse?…I cannot bring shame upon Malleus”) and to get Silver to join his group during Beanfest.

During Spectral Soiree Cater encourages Silver to share his woes with himself and Jamil, with the ulterior motive of picking up “some secret intel on Malleus Draconia”.

While just as loyal to Malleus as Sebek Silver and Sebek differ in opinion on how strict they ought to be with guarding him: Silver tells Malleus that if he ever finds Sebek's presence stifling he should tell him “as clearly as possible”, while Sebek insists he wouldn’t dream of stifling their liege.

Silver expresses exasperation of Sebek’s insistence to do things like handle clothing stains on Malleus’ behalf despite Malleus being perfectly capable of such simple feats of magic.

In a vignette Silver explains to Kalim that he and Sebek got into an argument over the strictness of their patrols, with Sebek accusing him of negligence toward Malleus.

Silver is distraught by the thought that he has hurt Malleus by failing to understand his feelings, saying that he couldn’t even eat his favorite risotto at lunch, as “Whenever I lifted my spoon, I would think of Malleus and stop.”

(After Kalim reveals that he “would be completely lost” without Jamil, however, Silver decides that being overprotective must be avoided at all costs.)

In a vignette Malleus invites Silver out to introduce him to the school’s gargoyles as a part of his Gargoyle Study Club activities, but is consistently disappointed in Silver’s inability to tell the difference between a gargoyle and a grotesque, and his presumption that gargoyles are generally monsters.

After receiving a lecture Silver tells Malleus that he feels they have grown closer, and he wishes to gift Malleus with a gargoyle for his room.

The vignette ends with Malleus beginning a new lesson on gargoyles to teach Silver “at greater length.”Silver losing track of Malleus is a common theme repeated in Phantom Bride and at least one vignette, but in the main story we see that it is not exactly Silver’s fault: it seems there are times when Malleus actively runs away from him and Sebek, leaving Silver to take the blame.Malleus says there “is something to be said” for the level of perseverance that drives Silver to train hard every morning.

The two characters have interesting overlap through lines about things that do not betray you: hard work for Silver, stars for Malleus.

・Silver Info Compilation Part 1: Humor ・Silver Info Compilation Part 2: Sleeping ・Silver Info Compilation part 3: Animals, Art and Floyd ・Silver Info Compilation part 4: Appearance and Emotions ・Silver Info Compilation part 5: Sebek (pt1) ・Silver Info Compilation part 6: Silver and Sebek (pt2)

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Twisted Wonderland Cafe

The Halloween-themed Twisted Wonderland cafes are here! Running in four locations until early December, visitors who make advance reservations receive a “photo frame style” clear card!

Here is Silver's~

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Silver Info Compilation Part 1: Humor

Silver tends to take what people to say to him very literally: when Leona says he must be dreaming in responds to Silver’s assumption that Leona and Malleus are friends Silver responds, “In fact, I am very much awake”, much to Leona’s annoyance.

A similarly annoyed Jamil encourages Silver to talk turning the Spectral Soiree event as “Talking to us might help you stay awake” and Silver responds, “That’s very considerate of you. I was actually getting a bit drowsy.”

Ruggie attempts to joke with Silver about teaching him to haggle should Silver “ever end up out on the street”, and Silver responds with “Thanks”. Ruggie explains he is supposed to say something like, “Me, living like a peasant? That’d never happen!”

When Silver refuses to give up on pressing Leona for information about Malleus’ whereabouts Leona lies about having seen Malleus in the greenhouse, and Silver believes him without question.

When Leona appears at Diasomnia Silver says that Lilia would be overjoyed to learn that Malleus has made a friend, leading Leona to ask if he doesn’t listen to a word anyone says.

During Vargas Camp the Equestrian Team is able to earn a Vargas Badge thanks to Sebek’s efforts (he had to wander through a bog), but rather than complimenting him on the work he did for the badge Silver compliments him on getting dried off and cleaning his clothes, much to Riddle’s confusion.

Vil attempts to press Silver into being an extra in a Film Club project but Silver cannot figure out when it is he is supposed to act surprised; Vil says that his “lack of talent is…astounding.”

Original Vil: Are you just a scarecrow with an attractive face…?

NA Vil: Is your head utterly empty? Are you a mud doll?

After a dramatic call for vengeance during Beanfest (and a retelling of his childhood, befriending bears), Jack, Vil and Jamil all marvel at how difficult it is to tell the difference between when Silver is joking and when he is being serious. (“Is this some form of absurdist Diasomnia humor than I’m missing?”)

Silver also misunderstands Sebek, at times: he explains that ever since Sebek has grown taller than him, Sebek gets a “triumphant look” every time Silver asks him to get dishes from a high shelf.

Not realizing that Sebek takes pride in being the larger of the two (during Glorious Masquerade he boasts to Malleus that his outfit is one size larger than Silver’s), Silver decides that Sebek simply “gets enjoyment out of fetching things from high places”, and he does not want to spoil Sebek’s fun.

For this constant obliviousness to everything around him, Ruggie has dubbed Silver one half of what NA calls “the Facepalm Brigade”, known on JP as “ira-fuwa”: it is a combination of the word “irritating” (ira-ira) and “fluffy” (fuwa-fuwa) to describe how people get annoyed with how oblivious Silver and Kalim can be.

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Silver Info Compilation part 4: Appearance and Emotions

Like most of the characters Silver is often dressed in layers, but based upon his PE uniform illustration it seems he is meant to be very well-muscled (this might be kind of difficult to put across in his in-game sprites?)

According to other characters he is also extremely attractive, with Vil complimenting his “auroral eyes”, “strong nose” and “perfectly formed lips”, recruiting him into a Film Club project based on his facial features alone.

Silver’s magical pen is too large to fit into the jacket pocket of his uniform where most of the other students carry theirs, so he keeps it on a belt.

Vil gifts Silver with a hair care kit in thanks for his participation, but Silver says that now that he has used it all up, his routine is to simply wash himself from head to toe with the same soap as he is “sure it’s sufficient”.

Silver says that he sometimes cuts his hair himself but sometimes Lilia or his friends cut it for him. Silver has many lines about his lack of interest in clothes or grooming. It seems that the other people at the school have difficulty telling when he is or isn’t smiling.

From the Game Guide: “When he does smile—which is rarely—it is a gentle expression. Lilia sees him smile quite often. He usually hides when he is shocked so that others cannot tell he has been caught off guard, but he does get surprised."

Silver's dorm vignette is based around his inability to portray his emotions through his facial expressions, with students in his class gossiping about how they can never tell if he is angry or happy, which he overhears.

Silver enlists Kalim in teaching him how to show his emotions on his face (and Kalim brings Jamil), which Sebek interrupts. Silver and Sebek go to the courtyard to practice swordplay together, where the students from Silver's class overheard Lilia and Malleus discussing how Silver always looks so expressive during his training (particularly when Sebek does well) because Silver is a person who takes joy in the successes of others, adapting to the happiness and sadness of those around him.

Lilia says he hides passionate emotions beneath a poker face, and Malleus says that it's more like Silver just can't express those emotion on his face. Lilia says that he has no problem understanding how Silver is feeling based on his facial expressions.

The eavesdropping students tell Silver he looked cool during practice and they could see his passion. Sebek reveals he asked Silver to practice with him in the courtyard specifically so that they could show to those students that they are wrong about Silver's ability to show emotion, and Silver realizes he doesn't need to change himself after all.

Silver is often apologizing to everyone around him from Malleus to nameless ghosts and everyone in between, sometimes on Sebek’s behalf but most often simply for causing problems for others or for falling asleep.

Silver refers to younger students and his fellow second-year students by their first names with no honorifics, while the third-year students he refers to as first-name-senpai. He refers to Lilia as “Lilia-senpai” in front of others and calls him “Father” when they are alone.

The only character he refers to with a unique honorific is Malleus, whom he refers to as either “Malleus-sama” or waka-sama for young prince / lord / liege /etc. (This is an interesting contrast to Sebek who also refers to Malleus as Malleus-sama, but also to Lilia as Lilia-sama, not hiding his association with Lilia like Silver does.

The honorific that Silver uses for “father” is “father-dono”, which is not an honorific that is used in normal conversation.

According to Yana the original plan was for Silver to refer to Lilia as father-sama, but the repetition of “malleus-sama / waka-sama / father-sama” was too much, so she changed it to the historical drama, warrior-character-type word, “father-dono” instead.

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Silver Info Compilation Part 2: Sleeping

Silver is infamous for falling asleep in many different places and situations, often while on his feet.

We hear of him falling asleep in classrooms, in the school courtyard, in hallways, outside the school at Vargas Camp and at the school store, sometimes using Sebek as a pillow.

Silver says he has received “lots of bedding-related gifts” for his birthday as a result (“You wouldn’t believe how much I’ve learned about pillow types.”)

Prior to Beanfest, Ortho calculates that there was “at least an eighty percent chance” of Silver falling asleep during the event.

In a vignette with Azul Silver confides that he has had difficulty getting students at Diasomnia to listen to him, and Azul spends three hours teaching him how to sit, rebuke others, shake hands and present himself to be properly intimidating and project an air of authority.

Sebek appears at the end of the vignette and Silver attempts to reprimand him for his usual rudeness by forbidding him access to Malleus until he can fix his attitude.

Sebek does not react well.

It is revealed that the reason students are not listening to Silver’s orders is because he falls asleep mid-conversation.

Silver tries many different methods to avoid falling asleep such as getting extra sleep at night, drinking black coffee, eating peppermint candy and crafting a wake-up potion.

In a Chat he says he has learned of spells of beauty, song and to dampen powerful curses, but he would want a spell to keep from randomly falling asleep.

In a voice line Silver says that he doesn’t want to take the easy way out with cooking and needs to stay focused, but there is a chance that focusing too hard is part of his problem: Silver says he wants to “learn some decent tricks for maintaining focus in the face of distractions…it might help me overcome my tendency to frequently doze off”, but by the end of the event Silver stays awake by being distracted by thoughts of making a tomato stew for Lilia.

When Kalim insinuates that Silver probably gets sleepy when he tries to study Silver insists, “it’s not just when I’m studying or listening to something complicated…It must be my laziness that makes me drowsy!”.

Silver believing that he is just too lazy to keep himself awake is a theme: Sebek accuses him of laziness as well, saying that “It’s not as if you’ve been enchanted by a fairy. You’re just lazy!”, and Silver reflects that he must have fallen asleep in the middle of practicing his swordsmanship because he has become lax.

Silver also wonders if it is certain weather that makes him sleepy or if he just requires more sleep than others, and also falls asleep to the smell of a black tea from Kalim that is supposed to help him stay awake.

According to Ortho, he also fell asleep during a ghost story. (Malleus teases Silver for his penchant to fall asleep in an event where he sees a large bell and says, “Maybe if this bell were to ring it could rouse even a sleeping Silver?”)

There is also a line in a Halloween vignette that seems to insinuate that Silver gets sleepy when he tries to focus, with Silver saying, “The more I try to pin down the reason why, the sleepier I get.”

Could this possibly be why he can seem air-headed at times, as trying to think about any one thing for too long puts him to sleep, so he simply can’t?

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Silver Info Compilation part 5: Sebek (pt1)

Silver and Sebek have known each other since they were about 7 and 6 years old.

Silver says that Sebek was the only person back home he knew who was close to his own age. The two are often arguing, with Sebek going so far as to tell Silver that he is lucky that Malleus and Lilia took him in and raised him despite his humanity, and that he should never forget it. (Silver responds with “I think we’re getting off track…”)

During Book 5 both Riddle and Silver caution Sebek about referring to people as “humans”, especially when he is representing the school, as his rudeness will reflect poorly on Malleus and Lilia. Sebek reacts with rage at Silver for daring to talk down to him.

In vignettes we see them argue about coming between Malleus and Leona, remembering minor details such as what Malleus enjoys to eat with french fries, and Silver having to follow up with a mess Sebek causes with ketchup.

When Silver scolds Sebek for being unworthy of praise after he fixes a problem he also caused, we see a rare moment where Sebek does not snap back at Silver in rage, but actually concedes that he is correct.

They most commonly argue about how strictly they should be guarding Malleus, with Silver and Lilia both believing that Sebek is overprotective. Silver says that “Sebek is determined to never leave Malleus’ side for even a single moment. It’s gotten worse since he enrolled here…But I think doing so within the campus grounds is going too far, personally. Malleus deservers some time to himself, does he not?” 

Things we see them argue about that are only marginally related to Malleus are the color of tuxedo that Malleus should craft for Lilia (Sebek insists on navy, Silver insists on red, in an homage to the pink/blue dress scene in Sleeping Beauty), and whether or not Sebek should wash his robes after Malleus has complimented them. 

In an interesting hint at what Silver might have been like as a first-year student, Riddle says that Sebek is like “all other Diasomnia students” and that his “well-mannered facade” belies his supercilious nature.

Silver insists that not all of Diasomnia is like Sebek and Riddle responds, “I recall you being rather aloof when we first matriculated as well.”

Silver responds, “Surely I wasn’t that bad.” 

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Silver Info Compilation part 6: Silver and Sebek (pt2)

During Vargas Camp we see a repeating pattern of Silver complimenting Sebek and Sebek responding with an insult.

Silver tells Sebek he made a “very astute observation” by noticing the instructions didn’t specify PE clothes at the beginning of the event and Sebek responds, “You clearly need to work on your attention to detail if you missed that.”

When Silver agrees with Riddle about going to the mines Sebek insists that, while he has no objections, "Silver’s argument did NOT persuade me. I had the same idea from the start.”

Silver observes, “Then we’re on the same page” and Sebek says, “We most certainly are not!”

When Silver compliments Sebek on his knowledge of gemstones Sebek mocks him for falling asleep so often saying, “these facts are rudimentary in the extreme”.

Silver never seems bothered by Sebek’s insults, however, trusting in Sebek’s ability to maneuver through a bog and congratulating him on getting his clothes so clean afterwards. (Possibly in reference to Sebek's labwear vignette, where he struggles to get a stain out of Malleus' labcoat.)

Silver volunteers to take over Sebek’s campfire shift to compensate for falling asleep during his own the night before but Sebek tells him that “You must accept this is beyond your capabilities and let it go.”

Silver is the only person to volunteer to go find Jamil’s missing group during the night, and when Ruggie asks Sebek if he will not go along as well since they are always together, Sebek says that Silver “makes for a more competent guardsman than the rest of the rabble”.

Ruggie responds, “Sounds like you just admitted he’s good at what he does.”

In a rare moment for Silver we see him smile at Sebek when Sebek thanks Riddle for sacrificing himself to save him.

Silver says that it would be nice if Sebek could be so forthright with everyone.

Sebek says it would be nice if Silver could mind his own business.

Silver thanks him and offers to cover his cleaning duties so that Sebek can rest. Sebek acknowledges Silver’s offer with, “At least you how proper respect…I suppose I can trust you with some menial chores.”

At the end of the event, however, neither Riddle nor Silver believe Sebek’s claims about a monster in the mines.

We see Silver apologize often for Sebek during Halloween, and in a vignette where Silver is patrolling the school grounds he decides to inform Sebek and Lilia that Idia is in the courtyard, as, “If Sebek ran into him, the consequences could be an incident all in itself.”

Silver’s ability to enjoy coffee with Malleus in a point of contention for Sebek, though it has yet to be confirmed if Silver is even aware of it.

Sebek also takes offense at the present he receives from Silver for his birthday: Sebek assumes that Silver giving him dumbbells is meant to imply that Silver believes his training regime is lacking.

There is a theme of Silver telling Sebek to “stop yelling”, “quit shouting”, “lower your voice” and “calm down”.

In a rare moment of agreement we them decide in a Chat that summoning a sword seems like it would be more practical than being able to summon cups and kettles.

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Silver Info Compilation part : Animals, Art and Floyd

Silver naturally attracts small woodland creatures against his will. In a vignette we see “a herd of animals” bring him an ingredient he needs for a school assignment, without even being asked.

Silver says “It’s nothing of the sort. Ever since I was a kid, any time I got lost or just felt discouraged when training went poorly, animals would come up and help me.”

Jamil calls him odd for his combination of falling asleep all the time and his popularity with animals and Silver agrees, saying, “I think so as well. What in the world am I…?” (This line changed in the NA-adaptation to, “If only I could figure out what that means.”)

Silver says that “forest critters” would help him pick wild strawberries back when he “lived in the woods” and Kalim calls in a favor with Silver, getting him to “call some of his bird friends” in a vignette.

Silver says that woodland bird and squirrels always give him wreaths they weave from flowers and twigs on his birthday. He says, “It’s tiny, but incredible charming”.

Being in the school’s equestrian club, we hear a lot about Silver’s interactions with horses. There is a white horse at the school that no one besides Silver ever had any luck riding (until Epel figures out how to do so), and another (or the same?) horse that “got a bit rowdy” in another vignette, resulting in Silver twisting his ankle while trying to calm it.

Ruggie says there is “something real majestic about the way Silver gallops around on horseback”, and Silver’s horseback riding skills impress Vil in another vignette where Vil drafts him into a project for the film club. When complimented Silver responds, “That’s because I was doing something that I do on a regular basis.”

Kalim describes a time he was in an art class with Silver, but his description makes it difficult to tell if Silver is particularly talented or particularly untalented artist: Kalim says, “His pencil line art was like, BAM! If I had to sum it up in a word, it’s be…powerful, I guess?”

The NA-adaptation of Floyd has two nicknames for Silver: he shifts between “Jellyfish” in some places and “Jellyfishie” in others.

His actual name for Silver is always “Jellyfish-chan” (pronounced: kurage-chan).