Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
(cross-posting to reply to this in both places)

I disagree. He's speaking directly to her, asking "what do you say?" - most likely referring to the prediction told by the fortune-telling cards he's holding up. (Lorebook 1, p.244 - a three-card spread is a common method of reading a person's fate.)

It doesn't particularly sound like something Matoya would say, and he hasn't been associated with her before (although it's possible he does know her). If anyone was going to 'quote' Matoya, I would expect it to be Y'shtola herself.
I think it sounds like exactly the kind of thing Matoya would say (a bit more politely than she might actually say it, to be fair), and there's little chance he didn't associate with her or wasn't taught by her at one point or another back when studying to become an Archon.

As for speaking directly to her (Matoya)? It wouldn't be the first time he's directly addressed an individual who was actually absent. Wouldn't even be the second. He did so with Moenbryda, then again toward Minfilia.

There's also the narrative element of Matoya deciding to possess her body, which feels very much out of left field for her, based on what we've seen of the character. Also, body swapping has generally required either being Resonant or the Echo - neither Y'shtola nor Matoya are gifted with the latter, and I don't see Matoya going through the process to attain the former within the space of the next MSQ patch.

It's certainly not impossible that it ends up playing out that way, but it feels like it's the least likely to occur.