The next chapter for TTVWMIB is honestly pretty bloodbore lore heavy, so I'm curious to see if my genshin-only readers who are just reading for fun will be able to comprehend the nonsense I will be spewing lmao.
For context, here's an excerpt:
"Up until now, all of your patients have stagnated, despite their altered forms, they are still undoubtedly stuck on this plane of existence, only sometimes slipping to the higher planes as they recall the sounds of water and the ocean.
Water, you believe, is the key.
Bodies of water act as gateways from our own world to one of the Great Ones. Like looking down at one’s own reflection, that relationship mirrors the relationship between the world of the gods and that of our own: our realm being merely a moment’s imitation of true existence, one that is warped and fragile, disrupted with but a ripple.
To be able to reach beyond the water’s surface, to break free from the role of a mere reflection and sit atop the true world alongside the Great Ones. That is your purpose. That is the goal of the Research Hall.
And so this is all but a necessary sacrifice."