It turns out that I didn't have a traverser stone upon entering =P. I just attempted entering and exiting with a traverser stone in hand and would like to verify that it indeed worked! I got the entering cutscene and the exiting cutscene, as well as the KI. Looks like I'm at fault for not bringing a stone (/fail), then panicking when something appeared to go wrong.

You have my sincerest gratitude Dagroy,
THANK YOU