I think my brain is warped. Observe:
Ash: “Hi, I’m a centuries old dragon who took in a little human girl whose mother was burned as a witch. After raising said girl, I seem to have selflessly loved her, and my death was probably to protect her.”
Me: “Bad Ash! No falling in love with girls you raised!”
Belus: “I found Pamela when she was broken and lost and alone and bound her to me and have been playing a game only I know all the rules to with her in the almost 800 years since.”
Me: “Yes please!”
And it seems my overall annoyance with the “ancient mysterious other/centuries younger human” trope doesn’t apply when the “centuries younger human” is about 800 years old.
(All this is set up in the first volumes, just looked into more here.)
The stories about Pamela’s customers continue to focus mostly on people who love too much, or are misguided in love (a theme that’s becoming more and more pertinent to the main plot), but we’re also starting to look at love besides romantic love. And we have love-from-beyond-the-grave! Ok, fine, that isn’t new. But it made me happy!
Mostly, though, these volumes explored Pamela’s past with both Belus and Ash, as well as what the new Ash is up to. (There are two Ashes! Or maybe the same one! Or a reincarnation! Or someone completely different who just looks like him!)
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