Q: You mentioned that Avery sees Robin as a "direct threat," which I find quite amusing since Robin might be the most ordinary person in the entire game. Robin's relationship with PC doesn't even overlap with Avery's—they exchange emotions for supports, while Avery exchanges money for sex and companionship. The two don't even overlap in terms of time. Avery might be the only person in town who perceives Robin as a threat. So I changed my perspective: Avery is wealthy, attractive, elegant, confident, highly capable, and holds a high position. He believes all these qualities make him deserving of having PC as a "trophy." Meanwhile, Robin, who has nothing, receives just as much or even more attention from PC. In Avery's evaluation system, this is irrational. This means Robin comes from another system—one that doesn't judge based on strength or weakness, one that cannot be won through hard work or cheating, one that Avery can neither join nor defeat, a system called love. Avery's attitude toward Robin is always disdainful because this ordinary child is his antithesis—a grain of sand in the machinery of success. Yet the more he disdains Robin, the harder it becomes for him to ignore them. Because they represent a crack in his supposedly perfect worldview. I won't ask what Avery is thinking when he scoffs at Robin; dissecting questions with no objective answers is unromantic. However, I suspect the following question does have an answer: At any point in Avery's life, has he ever had a friend like Robin? A: That's an excellent breakdown of Avery's concerns about Robin. Avery has never had a friend like Robin.