oh, a response from the dev!
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Okay I've been thinking, Asterion is worried about his future, but the hotel owner could alleviate Asterion's worries by signing a contract with Luke or Kota (since they already know about Asterion's past) that if the hotel owner dies the ownership of the hotel will automatically be passed on to one of them. Like a minotaur support group of sorts. Luke would leap at the chance to be with Asterion but Kota being a dragon who has lived centuries has centuries more to live which would help alleviate Asterion's worries about the future. Maybe the ownership of the hotel can be shared between two parties? So if one dies the hotel will still be in good hands, or talons or claws or whatever.
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Ok, so psychology & PTSD as a science was not very well developed in World War II and was only beginning to be studied, so Asterion is in desperate need of psychological therapy. The hotel owner & the two guests who know of Asterion's past could start a group with Asterion to share with each other about their own pasts & emotional issues. It could really help Asterion to open up & share what's been in his mind & heart. I could see a lot of tears being shed at these meetings, not just by Asterion, the other guests have problems as well they need to work through. & maybe more guests can be invited in as well, some of them rather reluctantly at first.
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Greta went on & on about what scientific breakthroughs could be made at the hotel with access to unlimited resources. I'm talking expensive materials or rare materials or materials that are just difficult to manufacture or isolate. We've gone through the Green Revolution and we're now entering the Blue Revolution of ocean farming and the possibility of seaweed replacing plastic. We're talking about new battery technologies that will change the world and make countries not reliant on certain countries that export oil. There's serious biochemistry going on that has never been done before, some scientists in San Diego have turned kelp into oil, which could mean any country can make new oil for their cars & new cures for cancer being researched. We're examining new ways to enter space using new materials and new inventions, even research into a space elevator wouldn't be off the table. If the hotel can modify itself to include more rooms or new structures, a college of sorts could be established for research & development. Some guests at the hotal are super smart but can't afford an expensive lab to do research in, but the hotel can make things & people can build new lab equipment if they know how (or can look-up blueprints online). The hotel is a place of healing for it's guests, but it would do Asterion well to see the hotel helping make the outside world better with new research & inventions.
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& speaking of how the hotel helps Asterion, it seems to be the primary source of his self worth. Asterion has zero self-esteem & prioritizes the hotel as the only motive to continue life. He needs to know that he is valued, not as a servant or a source of information, but as an individual. As a fellow traveler on this journey of life, that he is worth more to the hotel owner than the hotel itself. Sure the owner choose to wear the band on his arm but the workers were threatening to strike if he didn't, which could cause some doubt to start to creep in for Asterion. Basically the hotel owner needs to have a genuine sit-down heart to heart with Asterion that the reason he even decided to stay at the hotel in the first place was to help the Minotaur he'd just met, & if he ever had to choose between saving the hotel or saving Asterion, he'd choose to save Asterion. The hotel can be rebuilt to be exactly what it was before receiving any damage at all, but while Asterion is able to physically heal from any physical damage he will always carry the damage done to his heart & soul. To betray Asterion's trust would be to lose his heart & hurt him in a way he can't heal from. But the hotel is just a building, it has no soul. Asterion is the hotel's keeper, Asterion is the hotel's soul. The hotel cannot heal souls, only other souls can heal souls(or maybe meditation or nature idk I'm not a psychologist). & while the hotel does give a sense of purpose, Asterion is the soul who drives this hotel owner forward. Other owners have focused on the hotel, but this owner is focused on Asterion. This owner helps the hotel because having guests at the hotel helps Asterion. Healing Asterion's soul is the primary goal of this particular hotel owner, & Asterion is having trouble seeing that. There will come a time when the hotel owner will have to be blunt & tell Asterion "Look I care more about you then about any of this. I want to be here for you. Not to leave you alone & let you be. I don't want you to be alone, to feel alone despite being surrounded by guests. I want help you. I don't want the hotel, it's yours. I want you to have something that makes you happy. You're my focus. You're why I decided to live here in this hotel, not because you promised diamonds. Fuck diamonds!"*grabs the bulls hand*"I want you to be okay. I want to heal you. Not through wine, but to heal you inside. Your mind. Your heart. Your soul. You are who i care about. You're what matters most to me."*maybe follow this up with a hug or something idk*
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sorry about the wall of text but i had a lot to get out