(1) I’ve just realized that I’m now exactly as old as Folken Fanel. Damn I’m old. ^_^
(2) It frustrates me how I still can’t figure out the meaning behind the “reflection” motif they’ve got in episodes 19-20. The closest I’ve got is this. When you gaze at yourself on a reflective surface, it’s a bit like confronting yourself. And that’s what most of the characters are going through in episodes 19-20 — circumstances were forcing them to sort out their feelings and decide already what to do about them.
My theory feels somehow incomplete, though.
(3) You know something else I can’t quite understand? Why Folken dies in the Zone of Absolute Fortune. All I have to go by is, “I see… I understand now… the Zone of Absolute Fortune… is where action and reaction are at their strongest…”
My ideas:
- Folken betrayed his master and killed him; in the next moment, his own ’servant’ (i.e., his sword) betrayed him in turn, breaking off at the last moment and killing him, too. “Strong action and reaction” perhaps means something like “instant karma” or “swift retribution.”
- From the moment Folken was rescued by Dornkirk, his life became an extension of Dornkirk’s, something necessarily attached to Dornkirk. So when Dornkirk’s life ended, Folken’s had to end, too. Note how Folken was hit in the exact same spot and thus killed in the exact same way. The focus now is on the balance to be maintained (as in an action with its corresponding reaction), and again perhaps “strong action and reaction” refers to how directly or how fast this balancing would happen.
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