and i do feel awful about what happened to him as a victim of human trafficking and countless human rights violations, and he was completely in the right to resent her ignorance after his whole life has been coloured in blood - she also admits this. i just think his level of cruelty was excessive for that purpose, borne more from his resentment of her not living up to his made-up image of her. he's also just kind of stupid, so i like that he gets to see the consequences of his own actions. you "didn't want her to die"?? like what did you think happens when people fall into bottomless misery? this is the guy we're supposed to trust in running a post-coup country.
i like want them to get back together, but at the same time i love seeing him suffer and i hope to see more of it. i KNOW she loves him and they'll probably be happy together in the end, but i also NEED him to hurt as much as possible before we get to that point haha.