If Zhao has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Zhao has ten fans, then I am one of them. If Zhao has only one fan then that is me. If Zhao has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against Zhao, then I am against the world.
Another anomaly boss that Yanagi can pretty easily handle, this match up is pretty much completely neutral to Yanagi as the she doesn't really benefit from attribute advantage, boss mechanics or DA buffs, quite pleased with her performance regardless, hard to believe she is considered T2 with the likes of Burnice and Piper.
Does anyone know what changed? Or did she just get demoted to an A rank?
Norma made 2 very interesting statements in 2.7 that I've hardly seen any discussion on, so I wanted to talk about them a little.
The first statement that stood out to me is in Norma's opening dialogue. She expresses concern that the energy cost of the operation would spiral without the proxies present, which is a strange thing to say, given that the 'operation' in question is just a casual home visit. This raises an obvious question: the energy cost of what, exactly? My initial assumption was that Norma either has an eccentric way of talking where she speaks like everything is a machine, or she could possibly be an intelligent construct and is referring to her own energy reserves.
The second statement is far more interesting and carries some potentially wild implications. Norma mentions something we already know, that the proxy has a rare Ether-sensitive constitution, but then quickly catches herself, as though being in New Eridu fundamentally changes her original diagnosis. This has obvious implications for the true nature of the proxy's constitution, but it also raises something stranger regarding Norma and Velina's origins. Not only does Norma appear to momentarily forget that they're currently in New Eridu, which is already odd on its own, but it also implies that there's a meaningful difference between being Ether-sensitive wherever they come from versus being Ether-sensitive in New Eridu.
I find these dialogues pretty interesting, as they could potentially hint at some fairly incredible ideas like time travel or even parallel dimensions. That said, the explanation could also be far more mundane than I'm giving it credit for, so I'm curious to hear how others are interpreting these lines.
