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AK12346 wrote: @73.Anon.52

Given that her characterization of being relatively mild and motherly going so far as to chide Watts for insulting Cinder, to her subbordinates in Volume 4 shifted out of nowhere...

Let's be frank, Salem's characterization has been a bit inconsistent across the volumes... It's not inconsistent, She's a sociopath, you don't need to love someone to pretend you do, especially with thousands of years of practice, Salem doesn't give a shit about her minions, she cares about results, unmotivated subordinates don't get results.

Salem is new to working with people this way, but it doesn't mean they matter to her, she's already leaving the deadweight behind for her assault on Atlas. Oz and her daughters are the closest things she's had to attachments, but Salem doesn't pursue unsupported fantasy.