i can literally link you to the posts where i wrote, in this thread, publicly, that I thought maybe you’d die for not doing it, and others corrected me and said it was more likely that you got a buff for doing it or lost an ability for not doing it
I’m not the most fond of this lacklustre progression, actually. Apo’s specifically forming the most level 1 reads instead of simply falling victim to the trap of being overwhelmed in a mash, since neither of these messages are particularly self-aware. I can’t remember how Apo usually behaves as either alignment, though Sadbi’s logic regarding Apocryphal’s stiffness seems to be fine.