Dr. Darling's fate
This is one of the mysteries I was expecting Control Resonant to expand on, but I don't think was adressed at all. Darling disappeared shortly before the start of Control. I always assumed he had ascended or transitioned into some other dimension or plane of existence with the help of Hedron. However, with what we've learned about Hedron, it seems likely that he would have had a similar fate to the resonants in the new game. In one of his final videos in the first game, Darling mentions that he can feel the Hedron resonance chaning him after he exposed himself to it. There's no physical trace of him, but he somehow managed to communicate with Jesse through the Hotline. To me, it seems like the communication was not from the past, or at least from after he dissapeared, which suggests that he retains a sense of self resembling the person he was before his disappearance, unlike the resonants. So, what do y'all think happened to him?