Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6986530-20131211045616/@comment-6192846-20140320215232

I don't think it's that reasonable. There's clearly a disconnect between what Sickle and Held talk about in the EC 550s and what we see from EC 980s onward.

1) Hellish Yard is supposed to be neglected yet we see a Master running it and Gallerian going there (even though EVERYONE is supposed to go to the Heavenly Yard); it's possible something happened to Sickle, Held, and the Heavenly Yard.

2) There's no way for us to indicate when Irregular is put in the Doll. Is it when he woke up? Is it sometime after or before? It could have been Irina, Ma, Margarita, etc. a lot of people who could interact with the Doll at any point before the late EC 990s.

3) Sickle's an observer; our latest translations of the short story confirm he himself has remained that way; the most he's done is let Allen interfere for his personal wishes. There's no indication he'd suddenly break his rule and throw Allen in the Doll.