What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[Rulakir]

Reviewing my screenshots, I can (unfortunately) confirm Emet's line in Ultima Thule was meant for Venat. 3rd person gendered female in French, my WoL is male. As for "a show of respect to the last of us (which I took to mean the WoL)", well...

Thanks for further ruining that scene for me. :P j/k Venat doesn't exist in any capacity at that point, it doesn't even make sense for him to refer to her as "the last of us".

Speaking of which, did Elidibus know Hydaelyn was Venat? This has been bugging me because he also says (as he sends us to Elpis) "Yours is the mantle of the last of us."