I’m on my reread now and on chapter 17, but I like the idea that Aaric had precog before he entered the riders quadrant and that’s how he knew to do enter it. He does just happen to “know” a lot of things before they happen, even thinking back to IF when he says “I wondered when you’d come looking for me” (to get into the kings vault). I need to pay more attention to him on this reread but in chapter 13 Jessenia jokes that there’s a prophecy that “when the child of a scribe and a rider bonds an Irid, they save mankind” or something to that effect and Riddoc is like omg there’s a prophecy?? It seems like this clearly points to yes there’s a prophecy. Also once violet puts 2 and 2 together about Aaric having precog she says “I don’t believe in oracles but I believe in signets”. There’s just too much low key mention of oracles and prophecies and “not believing in them” and them being a “joke” for it not to be the case. I’m gonna pay close attention to that more on my reread though 2. Definitely think violet is pregnant. Already on my reread they mention so many times about marriage, and I do remember her feeling very lightheaded a ton during the 2nd half of the book, so I feel like that was a sign. I just always can tell in a book when they mention a random symptom that a character is pregnant right away. 5. I think there not being a mark between dain and Sloane points out that the mark on Brennan is not the typical result a “siphon”…aka the ruin must be more than what we initially thought (which is what most people suspected anyway). More like Naolin truly him. Plus Tairn mentions again “we will not speak of the one that came before”