>>536545897
>dies happy
You aren't connecting the dots properly anon...Fat Xiao wants to show that despite shitting on Rene, Alain did the same thing by prolonging his life via unnatural methods.

>>533693552
>to the very end
That's not what ND's lore implies.
>The heroes of different stories will naturally find different (expedient) holy swords, and they must also face different nemeses. But it is oft-said that heroes who live too long, live to become the evil dragon. And when many stories cross paths, perhaps one side's hero is another side's dragon.
>And before the dragon(Rene) falls into the chasm that dissolves all things, he will think of the times he once spent with the hero(Alain)
>But the hero, victorious over the dragon, will also lose the thing most precious to him during the hunt. He will never again believe in anything that the sum of human knowledge cannot completely grasp and understand,
Some people underestimate how someone can change because of grief. I'm still betting on him being the robot always next to Sandrone. He once criticized Rene, yet now he's become a villain himself like the lore implies.

>>532435396
Alain wouldn't ever want to become his sister. I think the story makes this point very clear. Besides, Fat Xiao already did this foreshadowing. I think this dialogue line strongly implies he placed his soul in the ruin robot so Sandrone, his creation, would never collapse or "die" like his real sister did. Alain for sure was autistic enough to grieve like this.

>>530332824
>>530331958
Alain is likely the Ruin Guard that carries Sandrone around. His sister complex was so big, he was probably afraid of his sister's puppet collapsing with nobody able to fix it.