There was a lot about this one that I enjoyed! The concept of exploring this relationship purely from the perspective of the unicorn, how that kind of purity and innocence on a natural level interacts with not just the deceits of human society but also the complexity? I think it was a very fun romp.
I also like that even when Aldith is pleading, it's loveless? It's still layered in bitterness and possession.. in a way she can only love what she can control? Elysande is only ever another tool in her satchel. Which getting to see that mechanically from the outside rather than being invited into her mind for it made it very... fittingly wrong I think, like it was an effective way to accentuate the wrongness of the entire situation. No couching in whatever lies she could tell herself about the relationship, or even if she had the impulse to? Like the perspective being locked to Elysande's view stripped a lot of the facade from Aldith in a way that made her powerful but still alien that I really liked-- especially since she's the human in the relationship that the reader kind of implicitly understands. There's a bit here about this sort of extractive relationship this kind of person has with nature or something-- there's a lot of symbolic subtext in the interactions? If that makes sense?
Sorry if I'm not expressing myself well, I'm thinking about it still but I wanted to leave a comment, wah. Thank you!