MSQ

[Iscah]

That's why I feel they should stop trying to tow the line, they tried it with the Crystal towers till it just didn't make sense anymore and then they're doing it lightly here, it'll also come into play if they ever wanted to bring Ryne back given they even give the WoL a dialogue line that gives Gaia an entry point for the duo.

If they ever brought Ryne back into the MSQ, I would expect her to come alone with a line that "Gaia is busy at the moment but she sends her regards".

I think the simplest way to sum up the writers' approach to side plots is that they're happy for things to seem a little bit off if you haven't done the relevant side stories (Midgardsormr oddly absent, ShB backstory timeline not quite making sense if CT isn't done yet) but they won't say you've actually done something that you haven't.