but I don't know if "there are no schools" is in and of itself proof that things are unbearable
Oh no, not at all! I just meant, since he's arguing with the Regent about Dixing infrastructure, he must be aware of it to a reasonable degree. He's not blind to everything that happens in Dixing that doesn't directly relate to his job, is what I was trying (clumsily) to say. Though you're right, he probably doesn't spend that much time in Dixing, what with everything!
The criminal justice system is a shitshow. I think he knows that, and does what he can to mitigate (as with the Shadow Man), but he doesn't have the power to do more than interfere in minor ways. Not without openly opposing the Regent.
When he first wakes up, he seems comfortable leaving the Regent in charge
When he first arrives in modern Dixing, his main concern seems to be not to needlessly step on the present administration's toes, and to reassure the Regent that he's not about to sweep in and try to grasp power for himself. (I wonder if he wishes now that he'd come on stronger at the time!) But yeah, he had no reason initially to think badly of the Regent.
He tells Mirror Weiwei, "You escaped Dixing because you wanted to breathe pure air," not "to escape the politics/to go to school..." Though, granted, "breath pure air" could be a metaphor for everything Haixing has that Dixing doesn't. Idk.
I think wanting fresh air could well refer to the environment OR the political climate?
(I don't know where the "pure" comes from - as far as I can tell what he says is "you escaped from Dixing originally just because you yearned for fresh air." /irrelevant aside)
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Oh no, not at all! I just meant, since he's arguing with the Regent about Dixing infrastructure, he must be aware of it to a reasonable degree. He's not blind to everything that happens in Dixing that doesn't directly relate to his job, is what I was trying (clumsily) to say. Though you're right, he probably doesn't spend that much time in Dixing, what with everything!
The criminal justice system is a shitshow. I think he knows that, and does what he can to mitigate (as with the Shadow Man), but he doesn't have the power to do more than interfere in minor ways. Not without openly opposing the Regent.
When he first wakes up, he seems comfortable leaving the Regent in charge
When he first arrives in modern Dixing, his main concern seems to be not to needlessly step on the present administration's toes, and to reassure the Regent that he's not about to sweep in and try to grasp power for himself. (I wonder if he wishes now that he'd come on stronger at the time!) But yeah, he had no reason initially to think badly of the Regent.
He tells Mirror Weiwei, "You escaped Dixing because you wanted to breathe pure air," not "to escape the politics/to go to school..." Though, granted, "breath pure air" could be a metaphor for everything Haixing has that Dixing doesn't. Idk.
I think wanting fresh air could well refer to the environment OR the political climate?
(I don't know where the "pure" comes from - as far as I can tell what he says is "you escaped from Dixing originally just because you yearned for fresh air." /irrelevant aside)