Alice: Diamante wanted to draw something funny, so we decided to show a new side of Marcus and Iulius' relationship.
We're still drafting quite a bit of things about their relationship in the webcomic, but of one thing we're sure: Iulius has many... thoughts about the way Marcus dresses. He finds Marcus' clothes to be scandalous ("So much exposed skin!!!") and lowkey offensive towards nobility (in our drafts, the use of red in clothing is permitted to nobility only), but at the same time he kinda likes the way Marcus dresses and admires the fact that, despite everything he's been through, Marcus has the will to challenge nobility and status even with fashion. He will never admit it, though.