1. Ok, let's start with the image of the erect pillar responsible for "birth" (whether the child will be hollowborn or not).
2. Oedipus complex. Thaos is clearly a father figure and the mother figure is split among Woedica (mistress), Webb (matron), the tortured girl whose name I don't remember (a violated female). Your character is clearly the son who is in conflict with the father over the mother in all her presentations.
3. Voyerism. You don't take part in the fight over mother directly, but assume the role of a peeking voyer. At the end of the story Thaos confirms it by saying that your quarrel is long concluded.
4. Engagement provokes the fear of turning your back on the enemy.