Hmm I wrote the first one like that assuming that the reader can understand that the scene switched because everything is different. Maybe I should add a time note to the new passage like in some other places 🤔 I should use it more often. I'll look into it tomorrow. As for the second one, there's not much retrospection to have; the Oracle already had plenty (for now) by that point, so I'll leave it as it is. Thanks for showing it to me!
And that's completely fine; there's so many variations to how each reader actually - 'reads', there's no way you could 'appease' us all -- and that's not the point. As I wrote: what felt like that for me may not have for others; this was never a 'you should change this' request, just me sharing since you asked (which I do appreciate; I just hope you don't get too focused on this one bit vs. - rest of my thoughts/feels for C8). :)