Quote Originally Posted by Lauront View Post
They'd probably need to employ techniques similar to that in Eden, but even that's a slow process, unless you take advantage of the fact that time doesn't flow the same between worlds. I suspect it's in a more dire state, but any lore about its aether being absent is based in the end on measuring instruments that weren't calibrated with the true nature of darkness being understood, leaving it wide open for them to say that aether's been there all along. I notice in their recent exposition of the lore on the Void they don't bring up that finding of the NOAH expedition, that the Void lacks aether, and instead focus on it being corrupted by an excess of darkness. I doubt they'll move towards it being restored - I think the Void stuff is just to resolve that plot thread and pave the way for voyaging to other Reflections. I may be wrong, but that's the impression I have.
I'm not sure how the "time flows differently" rule works, either. Almost a decade had passed between Urianger being pulled into the first and the WOL's arrival, but ever since then, it seems like the two now move at a 1:1 ratio. Otherwise, it'd be funny to pop back over and Runar was now an elderly man with grandkids while a middle-aged Ryne and Gaia were cohabitating as life-partners.

Maybe that has something to do with the WOL still being able to go back and forth, but the point remains.