I know that the violence ideation is meant to further portray how different Keiko is from everyone else and how she does not find the same sorts of attachments, but I find it interesting how often she seems to go back to the shovel incident. As someone who works in mental health, often when the topic of VI comes up, its quickly followed by an "Im not crazy!" Absolutely, youre not for experiencing these thoughts! They are far more common than we are led to believe. Having this portrayed in a book feels comforting and seems to go against preconceived notions of what VI looks like. Just as many other things, it's a wide spectrum and they come from many different feelings or points of contention. For Keiko, violence seems to be the most obvious answer at times (You said to make them stop fighting, so I did!) (This baby is loud, I can easily quiet it.) not necessarily from a desire to make others hurt.