I really appreciate the kind words. The setting and situation helps (also Plumeria really pushed herself to be a good listener for it). But man, I have to read more Isekai if moments like this are generally poorly received.
Honestly, the Hyde and Ian thing seems to be cooling down since Hyde is mellowing out and noticing how Ian ain't as bad.The best part of the reveal is that Hyde doesn't know, but is going to notice Plumeria being even more on Ian's side and not believing Hyde's paranoia at all, and he's likely to take that... even more poorly.
Thank you! Like I've said before, there was a decent enough setup with the world and Rylee's existence for the scene to not get bogged down in meta-stuff (like I figure most scenes like these do). I will also mention that we haven't heard the last of that scene's repercussions as Plumeria gave him space and hadn't thought through all of the implications that come with it. (I'll try to keep it from taking over too much stuff as I really wanna keep the plot on track)
