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I think my initial comment got deleted cause it included a link (What’s the Filipino word for rock?). A user (Rose_flags) commented the hidden details in chapter 92 and it really made me view Ilay in a slightly different light. Don’t get me wrong, he’s still irredeemable. Their commentary also increased my hatred of a certain character.
I’ll just summarize what they noticed:
- Tay was w/o a shirt during call w/ uncle but later when Ilay is staring at a sleeping Tay, Tay was wearing a T-shirt (meaning Ilay was there when Tay made that call to his uncle)
- Tay’s clothes when sleeping are oversized; these are Ilay’s clothes. Another way for Ilay to possess Tay. But when Tay gets up, he changes into his own clothes; he couldn’t accept wearing Ilay’s clothes
- There is bandage on Tay’s forehead before the act. The bandage comes off during the act (chapter 91). And when Tay is asleep, there’s a new bandage, but he never realized it. If Tay did notice, he would have ripped it off like he took off Ilay’s clothes
- What do all these details mean?
Ilay saw Tay crying and calling his uncle, but didn’t try to stop him. Instead, he carefully put a new bandage on Tay’s forehead, changed the sheets, and cleaned him up. These are all acts to prove that Tay is his. Since Tay is his, he can wear Ilay’s clothes and eat Ilay’s food (breakfast chicken)
Ilay staring at Tay on the bed is for two reasons:
1. He’s relieved that he has formed a bond with Tay, even if it’s by brute force. He saw that Tay doesn’t hate that POS uncle who betrayed him and laughed off his pleading phone call because he is family. So now Ilay thinks he also has a chance.
2. He thinks it’s unfair that Tae wants to hold onto the bonds he made with his f*cking psychopathic uncle who laughs at him and his brother who never makes Tay’s life lucky, but can’t accept someone who actually wants him and would run across the world to find/capture him.
But since Ilay is aware of how BS his logic is, he keeps his needier and melancholic actions subtle so that Tay doesn’t notice them.
Also, this user commented that Tay is quick to adapt as a survival mechanism, so he buries heavier negative emotions that come out as sleep talking/sleep walking (like his call to his uncle, or when he was wronged as a kid)