What people need to ask themselves:
Are you adamant on resolving hime? If not, is that because you scumread me more and think between us needs to be resolved? Hopefully the answer is no to that.
If you think hime and me are not good options, this is where we need to consolidate and figure out a counterwagon asap instead of vanity wagons.
At this point, despite the fact I think it's a likely miss, the best option is to remove ekko's tunneling voice from the game. (Yes I'd say this as scum ekko. I'm more likely to say it as town because I know the optics of such a statement)