Originally posted by: lashy
No no, he wasn't aware then as you suspected he might be. The vaguest form of comparison I could think of, is when a person is suffering from vertigo.๐ค
Technically 'yes', they might be aware of where the ground is and how to keep their next step. Parts of their brain might be telling them too. And they can 'hear' us advising them how to proceed. But their balance will not allow them to process how to keep the next safe step safely. Like how we wouldn't be able to blame a vertigo-sufferer for lack of balance, it'd be unfair to blame AMK for what happened at the canal! ๐ For anything he might have taken from her, he gave back manifold - and this was right from the start! Personally, I'd think using the term taking advantage, wouldn't be fair to describe what happened at the canal. ๐ณ
What happened at the canal was a joint responsibility - resting on both their shoulders equally and Heera instantly recognises/laments it for what it was.
Having said that, yes, his rude dismissal of her thereafter, did break many-a-heart along with Heera's and I could understand why. That was what it was aimed at anyway - wasn't meant to be tender farewell, but to shock us into the rough life he led.
Having said that while Akbar's reaction at Aidabad and Heera's supposedly delayed-acceptance of him in part 3, garnered a few frowns from different sections of the readers, I could totally totally empathise with where they BOTH stood at those different points of life! ๐