The downsides of immortality

Reading this later chapter from Lusan's perspective makes me think about how little the Arcane Legion knows about the plans that Kishiar and Yuder are making. Their apocalypse preventative information gathering and illegal-ish infiltration of libraries from anyone else's perspective would be really confusing. While all the Arcane Legion members are slowly becoming gym rats and training their heads off due to Yuder's influence, Kishiar and Yuder are preparing for doomsday.

Maybe its because I've been playing so much Pokémon lately, but Kishiar feels like a well seasoned Pokémon trainer who's good at collecting quality Pokémon. All the people who lose sight of what is necessary and indulge in their own greed, whether it be people from the Temple, Pearl Tower, or nobility in general, are low-tier Pokémon that are pretty in design but lack capability. The people from Peletta and the Arcane Legion (and the few exceptions found in the Temple, Pearl Tower, or nobility) are like Pokémon that have several stages of evolution and need good items but are eventually so worth it to have on your team. But then, Kishiar truly hit the jackpot with his SSR-grade-legendary Pokemon disgused as a feral-street-cat-turned-lap-cat in Yuder.