Quote Originally Posted by Absimiliard View Post
Because everyone else who knew the truth was either dead, memory-wiped by Kairos, or returned to their own place in the timeline.



The trip to Elpis hadn't yet happened when first the WoL met Emet-Selch on the First, and he in turn had no way of recalling them due to having had his memories purged by Kairos. The second instance of meeting Emet-Selch occurred while he was still whole and choosing to abide by his people's societal norms, which meant not randomly looking into the minds of others. Unlike the WoL, the ancients had full control of their Echo.



Because the Echo is extremely rare. Everyone technically has it, but very few actually awaken it during their mortal lifetime. Plus it would be all kinds of boring from a narrative perspective. You could maybe get away with that once or twice if you handled it well, but I don't think people would be too keen on seeing it happen often.
That's not how the rules work. Venat tells us you need the subject to recall or you can view it etched into the Aether, albeit it is unreliable. My point being the trip may not have happened but technically the events are "preserved" according to the rules unless you want to say it was one of those events prone to waning or perhaps Kairos affected it (as operates using Aether waves). But in that case why don't the rules apply to the events in the past well? Or can Venat/ whoever only pull an instance of the Kairos event only when convenient for EW critics?

The fact is it is a flavor of Venat using the echo. It's unclear whether it's common knowledge or even how reliable it is to begin with. Venat did clue certain people into the fold and they weren't able to stop the reaction of summoning Zodiark. When faced with the choice of a tempered future she gambled and sundered the world. Very simple.