Quote Originally Posted by Veloran View Post
Gaia could have reincarnated multiple times in that period. Assuming that Ryne is a shard of Minfilia (as it is heavily implied), she reincarnated many times in that same span.
I assume this didn't happen, because if it did he wouldn't have lost. He wants Loghrif back and was doing the whole 'fairy voice' thing to do it. The WoL and Ryne were the only real reason that failed, so we can reasonably assume that if he was able to try earlier than with Gaia, he could've awoken Loghrif way earlier and we wouldn't have even had a Gaia.