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Originally Posted by EitoRanger

I agree that Roshuo giving Mai the fruit was his attempt to help the humans, and it was nice to see hints that he might have been hopefull and naive in the past. Really it's just a minor nitpick I have because I have a feeling that because if the resemblance to Roshuo's wife the fact that it was Mai's strength of character that changed Roshuo's mind and made him try to help humanity will be ignored.

It looks to me like it's a little bit of both really, he wouldn't give her the fruit if he thought she wasn't fit for it, so obviously he recognizes her courage in some way.