I'm just... thinking about the implications of Ralsei being Kris's headband when they were a kid.

The thing that let them feel like they actually belonged with their adopted family of a completely different species.

The thing they, for a long time, took everywhere, to the point that maybe that's how Ralsei knows the layout of the school, or even how to get all the way to the library.

And how even as a darkner, he's still trying to give Kris that sense of belonging, with how hard he goes along with just about anything Kris chooses, while still trying to lean them towards the pacific actions that he believes will let them make the most friendships and stronger bonds.

Theories of suspicious behavior withstanding, there's just something there about Ralsei's persistence in being a support to Kris: in battle, as a healer, and out.