this is just how I took it but I think it was Adain's sense of guilt haunting him after learning the priest was abusing the children, so it manifested in his nightmares as Jonak being a child himself and the gault he felt not being able to do anything about what had happened in the past. that's just my take tho other people might see it differently
guilt he felt****
I think its because their relationship started as a sort trade or contractual relationship where Adain used Jonak's wish to make him his mate without really understanding or talking to Adain. He saw that action of him similar to the priest's action wherein he used hunger as an upper hand against children to exploit them. The priest knew the children can't say no the same as Adain knew Jonak can't refuse him
Yes, I understood the same thing, it's the guilt for using Jonak's need for help for his own desires.
can skmebody explain why adain dreamed that he was sleeping with jonak as a child? thay made me confused