Cuttlefish That Loves Diving
Amazing misdirection. We thought it’s a time loop the whole time but it was rlly a dream. I guess the aid Fors provided was to help Lumian grow irl and wake up. I wonder if anything could have actually changed with the Circle of Inevitability’s power/corruption. Probably not and Lumian was just desperately trying to change things….can’t wait to see Lumian/Fors talk more about this
Even though people had previously speculated that the dream was reality and I was prepared for it, this was still... oof. I guess we can be thankful Lumian and the Beyonder trio survived, and Lumian gets his chance to (compulsorily) join the official Beyonders... I wonder what more Lumian and the "mysterious woman" would have discussed, she did say she'd give him an honorific name after the loop.
I am confused. So, when did the three investigators arrive at Cordu in the reality timeline? If it was before the destruction how did they survive and why can't they remember the real events? If it was after did they just happen to walk into the dream-area and Lumian linked their dreams to his, which refers to when the novel starts in Chapter 1?