flare mode is a sub-mode of normal law. the pitch is not in direct law, it is in flare mode which is normal law with an added pitch-down input which artificially creates an environment where the pilot has to flare. Ask yourself this, 'if the aircraft was in direct law for landing, why would it need the pitch-down added?'. Obviously it wouldn't, the pitch down is added to allow the pilot to apply a 'conventional' flare in normal law.
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