i thought about what does touch mean to Dark and remembered that the few times we've seen dark being touches are both by TCO
The first time to make the truce in ava3, the second time in ava5 as a betrayal.
Imagine how painful it must be? Maybe my thought wandered too far away, but what if touch means the world to Dark? Because of Chosen and the touch of alliance. Imagine Dark being actually very touchy and expressive, skin-to-skin contact meaning comfort and safety? Care? Through Dark of this perspective, imagine those seven years. I'm not even implying romantic/sexual chodarks. Just, chodarks. Platonic of friends, doesn't matter.
The comic features my special designs for AVA3:
White is suppressing Dark's crimson to show Alan's dominance over them, wristbands and the choker are to show control//coercion. Also, white is sterile and clean, stripped of any personality. They both are tools in here.
Purple is generally Alan's color.
TDL's eye - code influence. White crown - the Lord but of Alan. Another design of Dark has a crown too, but a different one.