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Yeah, I can see why this novel has receieved a lot more praise then the DoE series. I think mothy taking a traditional narrator's perspective helped with the writing a lot, since it's now more like he's directly giving us the info, rather than basing it on just one character's perspective. I like how I.R. is portaryed as well.

I know the very first part of the prologue is a bit inconsistent with the other translation that was posted here a little, but then again the translation qualities are a bit inconsistent. We'll just have to be more careful with this one like we are now trying to be with DoE.

We should probably bring up some of the I.R. past reveals in the OSS Act 2 thread, since many of them tie directly with the events of the album.

I.R. setting up a meeting with Duke Illote also clears up why she just happened to appear, although the line "compared to IR’s goals" from the translator seems to allude that the entire Venomania Event was just her whimsy rather than part of whatever master plan she has in mind.