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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Well what is Zeztz driven by, then? And I mean, I'm actually not sure what the answer would be. Are we really sure this show isn't trying to let the characters dictate the story more than the other way around? Something I thought was very strange as I was watching this episode was how quickly it almost totally pivoted away from big the Plot revelations NOX keeps hinting at. I wondered why Baku had no further questions, no scene where he asks Zero about even one little thing... and then I thought, you know, maybe that actually shows how seriously Takahashi was considering Baku's emotions and personality above just feeding more facts about Capsems and Nightmares to viewers? Because there's a pretty solid argument to be made that Baku would actively dodge the subject as much as possible, for a few different reasons, and the episode still puts his whole emotional struggle at the center, mostly waiting until the end to do further shocking twists.

I definitely think it's character driven - in the sense that it's driven by Baku - and the reason he didn't ask Zero about anything NOX said was he was too caught up in being unable to stop him or the damage done to Seiya's dreams. I genuinely don't think he took NOX's words seriously.

I do wonder if the tertiary is going to end up being one of the other Agents who have gone rogue or maybe Code Number 08 who is meant to replace Baku.