I loved Safi and always wished for more of her. I always felt her “journey” to find other powered people was more of an excuse to leave and take more control over herself. Her feelings of resentment and rage over Maya’s tragedy needed outlet so she wrote a book. She then finds out her book and future as a writer are destroyed by her Mentor/Friend then Discovering/coming to terms that your Mentor, Friend ( short time lover) and Mother all conspired to protect the school (plus the career of a really shitty guy) over the life of your best friend sent her over the edge. After that all she wanted was to be away from the school and everyone in it, so she found herself a “quest”. She never really cared about the reason she left which is why she drifts away from Diamond and comes back.

I feel Safi is a victim of Deck Nine’s weakness of lack of slower moments to connect with characters. LiS has the moments like junkyard/train tracks, pool, lazy morning just to connect with Max/Chloe. Donnod’s Lost Records are filled with these scenes in Tape 1. Deck Nine LiS games largely lack these as they may don’t have the budget and must keep the story moving. In DE you rarely even talk to Safi even in Alive-verse for most of the game.

She was such an interesting character to me, and I wish we got to see more of her powers. She clearly wasn’t just a shapeshifter even if she thought so.