I've been thinking of ways someone could cheat the "test of blood", but not the protagonist, because certain things needed to happen.
As for answers about Raze, I was planning to leave it for later, when more characters die and you don't have anyone to talk to :')
Viewing post in Ch 3- Well, that escalated quickly.
Ha! Fair enough all around. There's always going to be a thousand "what if this could happen" scenarios someone might think up to circumvent or delay drama, but a story does need to unfold and conflict keeps things spicy. The trying to cheat on the test thing was just something to strike me as a thing at least one or two might attempt to whatever degree of success or failure because most people are unwilling but fell back on the "you'll just have to trust me that it's not me" response.
And always happy for some Raze screen time, and it seems like he needs an actual friend. Could be good for him, so fingers crossed maybe he might participate in some real chat with protag, not just his blustering to hide his insecurities, if the right options get picked.