
Maybe I'm the only who's loving and seeing the purpose of this whole world-building. The story is slow burn and not focused on sexual intimacy but how their feelings develop whether its Sol-Ian or Sol-Brian. The story is so well-written that only few appreciates it as some were already used to straightforward approach.
The flashback arc isn't something that can be explained and show in just a few chapters or few panels. It has depth and purpose. We don't even know how Derwin was build or how it was for Brian or how Brixton and Brian met. Right now, what we're seeing is the building of Archaia and Sol's personality development as we saw how he was different to the Sol in the flashback and Sol that was first introduce to us