ah malleable nerds, legitimately his favourite.

i'm totally down for him having known bf mcsociopath, if he wasn't too overtly frightening or monstrous they could've def gotten along (from casimir's pov).

he would've had some Feels about ilias withdrawing from contact, and probably wrote a few letters detailing whatever benign stuff with mutual acquaintances before eventually giving up. too good for us now huh!! that's definitely what this is and not secret trauma