00:00 I think Ben and I actually really focused on...
00:05 I mean, all I'd say about it is in the book, this kind of...
00:09 There's a tension between them, but actually we managed to develop something
00:13 that was actually almost a purer kind of example of this kind of toxic relationship
00:19 that you were just talking about before, about why she's staying and...
00:25 Yeah, there's a familiality and there's also kind of...
00:31 It's not really Stockholm Syndrome, but there's this slightly conflicted
00:37 juxtaposition to their relationship and it's...
00:42 He's kind of the closest thing to family that she has until she meets Alina.
00:49 And I think... Yeah, I mentioned before that she finds safety in the familiarity of it,
00:57 even though the familiarity of it obviously is very unsafe
01:02 because of the nature of the relationship.
01:04 But it was really fun with Ben to kind of find those moments where we can connect.
01:09 There's just this simmering...
01:10 And having a bit of freedom to kind of explore those themes, which I think are...
01:14 The nuances.
01:15 The nuances of those themes, which I think are contemporary
01:20 within the framework of something so much broader sweeping.
01:29 Because fantasy often has this kind of very broad dark versus light,
01:32 these sorts of grand themes, but to really kind of chip away at things
01:37 that feel very modern in terms of toxicity of relationships or struggles.
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