Similarly, the fact that Kuku never wavers in her support of Arua in contrast to one of Ryner's first friends, who turned her back on him even after what she went through. Perhaps a minor one, but considering the amount of prejudice that Cursed Eye bearers go through, even a simple act of kindness is significant.
Arua's father telling Arua to keep on living.While his development is then undone in the next volume, it repairs itself with another moment as Ryner again asks Tiir to become his ally, even throwing in an Ironic Echo as he holds his hand out and uses the same lines Sion used on him-to join him and become his ally, as he'll change the world into one they want to see.Ryner returns the favour when Tiir points out how the other God's Eyes bearers won't trust humans so easily by claiming Tiir to be the true king of Cursed Eye bearers, and that if Tiir chooses to have faith in humans, everyone else will follow. Tiir finally choosing to believe in Ryner's judgment and agreeing to have faith in Ryner's friends.He names Sion as one of the people he'd protect with his life alongside Eslina and as his new reason to live, also throwing in an Ironic Echo as he cites that he's truly glad to have been born in this world and country in spite of his cruel death. The short story Dear My Sister, showing just how utterly grateful Fiole is to Sion.On that note, Toale dropping honorifics once to show that he fully trusts Ryner also counts.Considering how cornered and stressed out Toale was, it's understandably one of the better pieces of news that he's heard in a while, in spite of his initial suspicion. Ryner coming to save Toale, despite the fact that even calling them friends would be somewhat of a stretch, seeing as how they only met once.The end of the anime, with Ryner vowing to to never give upon Sion and that he'll catch up with him and repay him for saving him from himself.Ferris' Unbroken Vigil after the battle with Gastark, staying by a comatose Ryner's side for three days straight until she finally passes out herself.He cries along the way and chews her out for being reckless and not letting him know how bad her wounds were. Ryner throwing himself in between a dying Ferris and a blade, getting lethally wounded himself but still using his remaining strength to carry her off to safety.Even Tiir admits that if there's one human he could believe in, it would be her.
Ryner defending Ferris from Tiir and the God's Eyes bearers, telling them just how much she's stood by him and presenting her as living proof that not all humans are as bad as they think they are.