Talk:Ilia Amitola/@comment-24032889-20180119055546

Aside from STRQ flashbacks, something I'd love to see is a flashback to conversations that happened on the boat from Menagerie to Mistral. I'm very interested to see how Ilia would convey what she's gone through (though we know more or less what that is, just how she puts it and how the conversation would go.)

It's easy to see why they didn't include the scene this volume though because the conflict and fight scenes finally picked up. To go back to a conversational scene is a bit much at that point. Who knows.

All I can say is that the Blake arc of this volume was so long because, like the Blake Character Short, it's as much or more about Ilia than it is about Blake. I'd say having all that time spent on her means she'll last decently long in the plot. Killing her off in the V5 finale would make all the Chap 1-5 scenes a waste. That being said, there's hella lot of characters to balance already, and I don't think she'll make it to the series' end.