I had a suspicion you would consider -- and reject -- the "spirit of Kaenamor" as a final POV. As you stated, while it would be circular structure to return to the initial POV for the final, Kaenamor (to the reader) is more the inciting incident than a fleshed out character.
I still have my first guess to final POV, but still ain't saying who I think that is. Again, just getting that on record.
I think this chapter here is kind of nice. As you said, it's a good coda to all the sturm und drang before. And it indicates at least Yana will know her sacrifice wasn't in vain, that she succeeded. She can have that satisfaction before she...stops.
Although with the energy needed for the spells to breach universes, the little stray eddy she and Kaenamor are entangled in might last for a significant amount of time. We don't know if Yana is connected to Kaenamor for what were two brief moments, centuries apart, or if Kaenamor has been in a limbo for 200+ years.
I suspect even the author might not know.
Anyways, yeah, style break, etc, etc, but, yeah it works. It's a nice little sidestep before we check in with our main cast for some "Afterwards..."
You're right to read the 'time' aspect of their meeting as being fluid, and not really related to real-world time. They're very much in a nowhere space. I can imagine it being both a fraction of a second, and an infinite amount of time.
I had a suspicion you would consider -- and reject -- the "spirit of Kaenamor" as a final POV. As you stated, while it would be circular structure to return to the initial POV for the final, Kaenamor (to the reader) is more the inciting incident than a fleshed out character.
I still have my first guess to final POV, but still ain't saying who I think that is. Again, just getting that on record.
I think this chapter here is kind of nice. As you said, it's a good coda to all the sturm und drang before. And it indicates at least Yana will know her sacrifice wasn't in vain, that she succeeded. She can have that satisfaction before she...stops.
Although with the energy needed for the spells to breach universes, the little stray eddy she and Kaenamor are entangled in might last for a significant amount of time. We don't know if Yana is connected to Kaenamor for what were two brief moments, centuries apart, or if Kaenamor has been in a limbo for 200+ years.
I suspect even the author might not know.
Anyways, yeah, style break, etc, etc, but, yeah it works. It's a nice little sidestep before we check in with our main cast for some "Afterwards..."
Ya done good, Yana.
Final POV will be Kraisa, right? </deepcut>
You're right to read the 'time' aspect of their meeting as being fluid, and not really related to real-world time. They're very much in a nowhere space. I can imagine it being both a fraction of a second, and an infinite amount of time.
That is a deep cut as I'm not immediately recalling that character. Just not who I'm thinking of.
Ah, gotta love those non-Euclidian timey-wimey higher/sub-dimensions.