Asha being a mentor to Fiadh!
Well, we’ve seen her teach Fiadh to fight, to innovate, and give Fiadh the experience of someone caring about him. Now we see she’s been a role model to him at that

It’s an interesting dynamic between her and Fiadh. Although they’re both motivated strongly by desires, and Fiadh’s vail is powered around his desires, Asha’s so far been the much stronger willed and bullheaded of the two to achieving it. Fiadh’s so far been a more complex and interesting character than that in personality. He’s affected by his youth compared to Asha, and he’s much more lost and aimless in the world than her. See how easily he left her behind when she still wanted to use him for reward money. And how he stalled leaving the tower behind, because he didn’t know how to get to Sarkesa. And even now, Dragon found him flying aimless, not knowing what he should do now.

In context, I can see where these moments with Asha might have spurred Fiadh to pursue what he wants. When Asha fought the Train Conductor, the Fae and Nitani against the odds. When Asha kept dragging him to Sarkesa in spite of Scott dying behind them. Those parts of Asha, clearly must have informed the part of Fiadh that wants to reach his goal. At the same time as being an object of obsession, Asha makes him admire obsession.

I feel like Fiadh definitely needed his eyes opened on this though. He subconsciously seems to admit he shouldn’t give up on his own goals, when Dragon found him there having given up on the rebels because he got sad for a moment

Also that art on the bottom splash panel is gorgeous! The gory red splatters, gray statuesque Asha, and the chain crisscrossing the page. Beautiful!