Did we reverse Emet's tempering at the end?

[YianKutku]

It's stated that the cure for tempering won't work on someone whose aether is so unbalanced that it's caused physical mutations.

I remember the specific wording being that those who are "too far gone" cannot be cured by our method of anti-tempering, and that one sign of being "too far gone" is physical mutations. Which leaves open the possibility of people who don't show any physical mutations (yet), but are still considered "too far gone" based on some unknown criteria.

I interpret that line to be a Doylistic excuse (in an understandable way) to explain why some people might not be curable for Plot Reasons, just in case the narrative needs someone like that while pre-empting us from going "but what about the cure we discovered".

[Cleretic]

I interpret that line to be a Doylistic excuse (in an understandable way) to explain why some people might not be curable for Plot Reasons, just in case the narrative needs someone like that while pre-empting us from going "but what about the cure we discovered".

Yeah, it's ultimately this, and it's why we'll never see this really fully explored or challenged. It's how they keep tempering being a problem in a world where we can cure it in some way. Which is great, because honestly I found tempering interesting as something that couldn't be undone so easily.