Oh wait... that makes so much more sense!! I never realized that either; there were no obvious references to those ideas but of course, that makes so much more sense!
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Yeah!! Once you realize that, everything comes together so much easier! I knew the beasts had to correspond to real animals, but every turn in figuring out which seemed to be a left until it all made sense with that one line at the end. Honestly the only thing I never figured out is what an olesata is. I know it's meant to be some kind of pbzvat bs ntr prerzbal but other than that we get like zero details even when you figure out who the Trevosans are.