Lavender thinks Esta has betrayed the Hero, but that’s just her interpretation of events. Esta herself has an explanation for why she visited with Rit and Red that’s reasonable to Van, while Ljubo doesn’t even understand why he was woken up so early. As satisfying as it might be to beat the everloving shit out of Van, it’s pointless. They have to try to defeat him with words.
To that end, Rit introduces Red to Van and his party, and she is so sincere in her deep and undying love for him, even someone as prickly as Lavender can’t help but be moved. Red also uses his status as the former Guide of the previous Hero, and the fact he’s still living his life after his role was completed, serves to keep the rhetorically unskilled Van at bay.
Red ultimately gets a chance to interact with Van in his natural habitat of the battlefield, only they’re on the same side this time, fighting a horde of horrific but fairly weak sea bogies. Van is actually open to at least hearing if not following the advice of one who is the Guide in the eyes of the Almighty Demis. Red expertly shows Van in small but compelling ways how he’s coming up short of being the best Hero he can be, or a “finished product.”
When the battle turns into a search for a child the bogies abducted in a cavern, Van’s shortcomings are again exposed, as he’s terrible at tracking and way too loud with his clanging armor to be stealthy. Fortunately, that doesn’t end up mattering against the relatively weak bogies. Van is the one to locate the little girl who was taken, and Lavender is such a possessive little twerp she gets mad at the traumatized child for clinging to Van!
Van insists to the parents that “no thanks is necessary” as he was only doing his duty as Hero to defeat evil. Even the tearful smiling face of the little girl doesn’t seem to move him, though at least he doesn’t repeat that thanks aren’t necessary like a robot, nor does he dig into why this happy family isn’t out on the battlefield fighting. So I guess that’s progress? If nothing else, Red has given Van a lot to think about.
Back at Red’s place, Esta is depressed for having failed so completely to get Van or Lavender to ever listen to advice, only for Red and Rit to get through to them in just one quest. That’s when Albert cheers her up with maximum-power words of encouragement that can’t help but make her blush.
Their cute back-and-forth is an echo of Red and Rit’s usual schtick, and I love how they of all people say “that’s enough sweetness for one day.” And while I still don’t expect Van or Lavender to stop sucking anytime soon, but I appreciate Red and Rit’s non-violent efforts to at least mitigate their suckiness.
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