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Oh my goodness I very much have to elaborate on their relationship

I have decided to give myself the freedom of letting them be even more messed up because I have been having the immense urge to do so since the beginning but I wasn't confident enough for it

THESE TWO.... pls ignore if I'm less intricate or something here I feel like this loredump is gonna be more messy in a way??

Fridolin is SEVERELY dependent on Zinzolin. Like, to an obviously unhealthy degree. Zinzolin picked him up when he was at his worst, taught him to blame himself for all the shit that happened to him under the guise of helping him improve himself and his whole 'sage-in-training- status. Zinzolin and the work he gives Fridolin lets Fridolin feel a sense of purpose and in some way makes him feel like he's redeeming himself from his past actions (which were totally all his fault definitely). Fridolin essentially develops a borderline obsession with Zinzolin.

Zinzolin could not care LESS about Fridolin.... like, seriously, that's just another dude who conveniently got very attached to him and would protect him with his life. Except there is this weird sense of pride there, also. Zinzolin doesn't like it because it's already too much of an attachment in his eyes, but he is proud of Fridolin's achievements. Fridolin is after all very much his mentee, and seeing him actually succeeding and even excelling at his duties makes him feel proud. Something which Zinzolin likes even less is that there is an odd sense of care he feels for Fridolin, at least eventually he does.

There's definitely a mutual care between the two even if Zinzolin doesn't like acknowledging it. That care is however very twisted and messed up!

It's a horrible little mix of borderline romantic, purely manipulative, desperation to get over someone else from both sides and an odd platonic appreciation.

Zinzolin tries hard to keep their relationship purely work-based but he fails miserably at it.. There is never anything explicitly romantic between them. Zinzolin wouldn't let it get to that point. (Bear with me here I really can't describe this the same way I tried my best to do with the other lore dumps)

The distancing really doesn't work. It's a constant "only once, only this small thing" which just ends with things happening again and again. Like I mentioned before they are not explicitly romantic and there's boundaries that are never crossed but it's smaller stuff that happens over and over again which has this borderline romantic undertone (I'm doing my best here to word this).

Only image I have of one example... like Fridolin being allowed to sit on Zinzolin's desk. That's a thing. Fridolin sees this as one of his greatest accomplishments, that is his spot and he has it because Zinzolin at the very least tolerates him. It makes him feel validated. Zinzolin keeps telling himself that it's, well, a one time thing! That it's just for fun, to see and maybe internally laugh at how giddy Fridolin gets over it. It's not. Not entirely anyways. Partially it's also because he does enjoy Fridolin's company.

They rely on each other to cope with the fact that they're trying to get over someone else.. Fridolin sees his entire past way of living as wrong, that includes his relationship. He blames himself for getting distracted, and considers the reason for his distraction to be his ex.. who he never officially broke up with but that's just a fun fact. Zinzolin is trying to distract himself from his weird feelings for Ghetsis which he wishes didn't exist. They use their bond with each other as a means of coping with this.

Fun image depicting Fridolin debating if he could style his hair to look like whatever Ghetsis has going on and whether that would get his boss to love him or not...

They are. Incredibly messed up. Both of them. And they both grow dependent on each other to each different degrees. I really can't get myself to explain this in a more organized and thorough way this will just have to do.. but yay!!! Giving myself the freedom to let them be like this!!!!!!!