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Fascinating....

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I completely forgot the Observer's dialogue there, purely because a lot of his scenes aren't replayable 😭

I still don't think he's literally lived for thousands of years; he still grew up under the care of Tharros, and Alon mentions him appearing young when he first sees him. But if the Observer recognises him, that means that every time someone reincarnates as a human, they become the same one every time -- likely the one they lived thousands of years ago. So for now, I still subscribe to the theory that humans are able to gain back all their memories through Ablaze (a bit paradoxical considering Luke's Ablaze required burning his core life experiences, but he said himself that he forced it when he wasn't supposed to, so that seems to be an outlier)

And...it sounds like they knew each other? Or were at least acquainted (before the world shattered and, presumably, the World was born). It'd be most reasonable to leave it up to coincidence for now but...that is very interesting. Do they both have something binding the fragments of their soul together so they come back whole?

Either way, I'm hoping we get to meet this 'Dawn' at some point, seeing as she is their common link -- despite never being mentioned before by Luke >.> (I hope we meet any of his family really, past or current! but I'm getting off topic -w-)


Resnick is a gem, but him listening to the boring exposition would make these lore conversations a whole lot easier 😭

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You're right, everything here is just speculation, but Alon does explicitly state that humans are in a constant cycle of reincarnation. They just shatter and return as one of the six races, over and over. Luke could easily have gone through multiple cycles already:

"No matter how many Humans claw their way back into reincarnation, they always end up shattering themselves back into the six under the vastness of that power."
"There have been many Humans through history. Each of them, a World-changer. Each of them, shattered and forgotten once again."
"You were careful with your power. Respected and avoided it, like you should. And yet even you had weakened and almost perished from it when pushed against the wall."

And I really want to know more about Dawn. It's a feminine name, which would actually make her the first female character in the story. The Observer seems to had a complicated history with her, based on his tone, she seems to have been a serious obstacle to him at some point:

"You... I know you. You are Dawn's brother, aren't you?"
"It makes sense why you would try to fuck with me. You were always on their side, right?"

I'd love to learn more about Luke's family in general. The main story feels locked into the loop of the Skies Ablaze day, so maybe a spinoff could give us a look at Sansun and his father Tharros, or at least have them appear in one of Luke's memories. Though honestly, part of me just wants to see them show up at Shelter someday. Imagine his dad walking in, looking around, and going "look at you, taming all these dogs and having them worship your cock, I'm so proud of you, son" ... okay I'll stop there.

On a more serious note, I'd love to see more of the other races too. The "Reincarnation" ending already hints at how interesting it could be to follow Luke outside of Shelter, him living in the Saurian kingdom (Also, Luke says that is a beautiful place) for a while sounds like it'd be a great story on its own.

Lastly, yes, Alon's route isn't replayable, which is why I went through the game's files, collected all the scripts and merged them into a single file (it's not clean, since the scripts are sorted alphabetically and not by chapter order). I just feed it to Claude to scan for specific lines I remember. It makes it a lot easier to revisit the parts I want to explore more deeply.

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I still don't think we're getting anything about the other races in this game...but I think it was this game that had plans for an rpg type thing after it was done, so maybe in that one..? (take that with a grain of salt though, that could've been an entirely different creator >.>)










And yes, humans are in a constant cycle of rebirth. My point was that not only is their soul retained, but their body as well, seeing as the Observer wouldn't have been able to recognise Luke otherwise, which is interesting compared to other reincarnation systems -- even from this same universe! (Rune, Alon)

Woahh your hypothetical Tharros is unhinged xD

I'm going to hope for a post-credits epilogue where we get to meet them all =w=

I mean, it has been established that all mana types will be necessary for the longevity of Shelter, so there is an in-lore incentive to have additional characters of other races, living in Shelter. Maybe some could become part of the core group..?

Samsun has technically already appeared, but it'd be really interesting to see his interactions with the dogs, and the Opal Pride cats, or just his dynamic with Luke himself! And of course, his sprite, along with Tharros'. 

But yeah, just getting to see Tharros and Samsun and Zerek in the present would really be the greatest thing for me :)