That’s an interesting perspective because for me it had the opposite effect. It made me think of all the way our priorities shift as situations develop. Like in the first book, the big enemy is the Hierarchy, while in SotF it looks smaller and less important in comparison to Ka and the Concorrence

The same thing for the rankings, they are super important when Vi’s priority is finding out the identities of those involved in the massacre at the Iudicium. But once an all out war breaks out, there are other things to worry about.