With this reread I was curious how many times Dain touches Violet's face and when.. so I kept track 😂 if anyone else cares the final tally stands at 6 🚩 invasions of privacy! With a total of 8 attempts if we include the times she realises and denies his touch 🤬

Also who is going around cradling and cupping their "friends" faces like this?! 🫠 the fact he lies from the very beginning saying he has to have contact with someone's temples directly and then proceeds to use his powers mostly when he is having an argument with her is the biggest ICK and red flag 🚩

Ch.4 Dain and Violet debriefing about her first 24 hours - cups face 🤲🏻 Ch.8 Argument about challenges and Barlowe - cradles face with one hand 🤚🏻 Ch.9 Argument about Violet running off to join the scribes - cradles cheek 🤚🏻 Ch.16 Celebrating Violet bonding with both Tairn and Andarna - cups face 🤲🏻 Ch.23 Argument about Violet not giving the memory of the assassination attempt directly to him - cups cheek 🫴🏻 Ch.31 Dain compliments Violet at the party - cups cheek 🫴🏻