>>53491674>>53491702>>53491713The thing is that Arven has been suspecting that his parent has been dead for a long ass time, so he had a lot of time to cope with it already.
He said that his parent used to at least write emails a couple of YEARS ago until they suddenly stopped, so they have been dead for at least 2 years. That's a long time to internalise that they are probably dead, although he was definitely frustrated with the idea that they still might be alive and just decided to abandon him for good. Which is probably why he had such angry reactions whenever he heard the professors voice while the AI was talking to us through the phone. Although he was either in denial about the voice not really belonging to his parent or just trying to cover up his suspicions from the MC. In Area Zero, he's constantly hinting at the fact that it couldn't actually be his parent who is talking to them, so he was definitely not completely in denial or anything.
But yeah, it does feel like he could've used a little bit more development and some more moments that showed us how he is coping with the truth. But as you said, there's plenty of fanfics and other content that explores that more deeply.
I am honestly fucking seething that Arven doesn't seem to show up in the DLC. I expected any DLC content to be ABOUT him if anything, but from what we've seen he's not even present.
