Fellas is it gay to think your friend looks like a dark flower with life flourishing all around her and want to admire her from a distance?

Honestly book four is where a LOT of plot threads start kicking into high gear

this is also where the tension between Nauda and Theo starts ratcheting up

Coming to a head in...6, I think?

New York, Austin, San Francisco

Why are city names on Fithe like this

Probably founded by an Earth isekai honestly

My pet theory is that the translation magic also makes them sound more like the Earth cities that they most closely resemble in terms of culture and status.

Mostly because the idea of it is funny to me.

could be

Nauda’s path is interesting

For the first few books you don’t get a sense for what her soulhome’s plan is

Until, eventually, you start to realize that she doesn’t really have one

She’s just making it up as she goes, trying out new ideas

And the lack of a cohesive plan leads to her disaster later on