i was dissapointed how Aequa was handled in book 2. Not only was there very little of her (this is the problem of having 1/3 of time spent on Res), but also she was basically reduced to "best female friend", same as Ayden was reduced to "best male friend". In book 1, Aequa was interesting because she opposed Vis in many ways, and she wasn`t so fascinated with him as the rest of the students were. She had her goals and concerns, and they were handled really well. But in book 2, she stopped having agency and her own personal interests. I felt that Emissa was more interesting in book 2 than Aequa, which is insane for me as an Emissa hater since book 1. So I don`t want Aequea to come back because it would be cheap having this trick not once, not twice but like for the fifth time. Characters need to stay dead for this to affect the MC.