#and lbr an outright prohibition from him would not have

[almakfi]

there is some level of inevitability to the evolution of basim's dynamic with loki because regardless of external endorsement, eventually the relentless rejection bringing him nothing but torment and fear and weariness would have pushed him to try a different approach, to listen and understand the djinn's voice and garbled words, but rayhan encouraging him to DID speed up the whole process—to the point that when basim was at his most vulnerable aka right after his son died he was ready to hear and welcome loki's effortless manipulation, because the way had been paved beforehand

#HCS. #the responsibility does not fall entirely on rayhan's shoulders #and lbr an outright prohibition from him would not have #stopped basim from reaching out to the djinn #ac mirage spoilers tw #trying to retcon the stupid isu lore come back later