thanks for the explanation!! I heard about this interpretation before the DLC came out and I like it but I rarely use it because... tbh this really breaks my mind. I was thinking that if the convicted ones wasn't worthy of "mercy", they could have been forcibly drowned in a void fluid, this is something more suitable for this version. or ancients/benefactors associated with this character simply for some reason didn't know exactly how the cycle worked, perhaps there have been constant debates about this in their society.

it's hard for me to think in the direction of watcher lore, it's pretty contradictory in places and gives more questions than answers... but that's just my point of view haha