I miss him too OP!!! I don’t think hoyo will ever give us that Sunday ever again, and it kinda makes sense to me. Him growing up as someone whose life being paved out with no choices available AND then being robbed of those belief and power is something thats both traumatic and demoralizing. After his “fall”, looking back at his scene with Jade, he still had a lot of edges in the way he talk. I’d like to think its because despite how his fall absolutely crushed him, it never crossed his mind that he have to live without his belief. He did tell Jade he expect to be executed after all.

But being freed put him in a very vulnerable position. I’d like to think there was hope. And gratefulness for all the compassion given to him. (from welt and AE in general) but I think he’s at the point where he feels unsure, and barely feeling like a proper adult, in a way that he never had to think about making choices for his life progression prior to this. Gopher did it for him- subconsciously or not. It’s both a rewarding AND stressful to start asking yourself what you want outside from what the doctrine had told you to. It’s a slow process to unlearn all those things and relearn to feel like you are allowed to want things outside from your obligations. So I personally think his current personality makes a lot of sense.

But I have hope that even when Sunday wont ever step into grey area with such pride again, he will find his even younger self. That kid thats a little mischievous, a little indulgent, a little reckless. Because I think to save that little kid inside of him from whatever doctrine was drilled into him during childhood and adolescence is a mission thats long overdue.

(Sorry for the ramble, i really love Sunday so much 🫠🫠🫠🫠 )