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Yeah... odd. And underwhelming, but mostly just odd - for the reasons that have already been covered. Utterly unsure of my motivation, though I don't doubt the First might well be interesting, I just think the Garlemald conflict has more to offer from a narrative standpoint.



My hope, though it seems like it was dashed, was that EleZenos was going to follow us to the First (ya know, since his artificial Echo has all sorts of unintended side effects, it might also let him make that jump after us), but it seems he's going to be heading off in search of his body. I just feel like, with Gaius, ElidiZenos, Varis (going full mental), and now the real Zenos as a wild card, that thread has so much more to offer, and I feel like The First is going to have to feature some jolly interesting stuff to divert me from wanting to get back to where the action is.


Other thoughts - I agree with @Silivrin. Introducing Artoirel going to the front seems like it will become important later on.


I notice the plot did not stipulate clearing Crystal Tower to progress through this, so I'm interested to see how that is explained away? Maybe like the reunion with Alisaie in 3.4, where her responses can vary based on your levels of progress (or lack thereof) in Coil.