Revelations from Keynote II

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To add to that, the Echo is what some people use to justify why we can see AoE and other markers. But in some cases, you have to accept that there's Gameplay/Story segregation and not everything that is a gameplay mechanic has to answer to lore.

This should be Rule 1 when discussing the Lore. At the end of the day, the developer's priority is to produce an enjoyable game, and while they respect the lore and do their best to make things fit, their first priority is always to make the game functional and enjoyable, and then wrangle the lore to fit.