Also, I don't think I've shared this yet so here is a link to some updates on how his graduation is progressing/needs to progress for him to get out. Rereading it, I'm impressed I managed to make it that comprehensive and it really helped me write out some of this pmw post.
Additional things I wrote but took out because it was getting Too Long and less concise: some recent develops on his relationships. (I need to write up a CR chart for Collins. It would probably help my poor memory and keep straight what is helping and harming Collins's progression now that he's striving for it.) Below:
- - He's been talking to Trevor a lot and feels heard by him and he's beginning to care about Trevor's health and this is positive yay. - - He's invited Sweeney to his room to hang-out and talk about music, also very positive.
- - And he's worried about Astarion more than he lets on, especially since the Flood and recent death, also technically positive but he needs to express it openly sometime.
- - He continues to argue with Zichen about everything. But at least he has a warden that likes him even if the doting kind of annoys him. So he says. Maybe he secretly likes the attention. He actually doesn't hate Zichen but he certianly acts like it sometimes.
Boyo apologized to him after he killed the lad and continues to talk to him like a real person and sympathizes with him about a lot of things, so yeah, Collins can't argue with that anymore. He kinda adores Trevor now.
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- - He's invited Sweeney to his room to hang-out and talk about music, also very positive.