And I know people are like "ewwwww he shoulda waited", but I honestly think with the setting and lack of resources these characters are handed this was probably for the best. It's better for him to learn from positive examples and reinforcement than be told that the part of him that was forced on him is bad and is being rejected.
Kinard telling him it isn't wrong to feel good or that the most important thing is for Louis to feel good/comfortable/happy/safe because THAT makes Kinard the happiest is much better given what he is able to do.
Not to mention people were locked up in dungeons 'n shit during these times for having mental disorders. And even before psychology became a common medical practice/field of study they would just cut parts of your brain out and hope you woke up after the operation. If you had anything mentally wrong with you you were basically treated like garbage or accused of being an evil entity.
I feel like Kinard's route is a much more pleasant one than Louis being locked up and abused further.
I did cry.
I said I was probably going to cry during their first time and I did. I choked up and melted the moment Kinard stopped to explain why Louis needed to communicate things with him.
Guess it hit a lil too close to home, and I'm not gonna divulge my childhood trauma on a pirated manga site, but having never received this kind of treatment from past partners even with them knowing what I went through really fucking stings.
Shit sucks, man, but I feel like I'm kinda living vicariously through scenes like this and I feel a small sense of relief.