That said, I will concede that running through what is essentially a wormhole is fudging the numbers considerably.

The loophole here is Alula is Mina's shard from the Ninth. 😉

It was a good run, Mina. Alula is the main now.

Oh, so it's all of your faults that we send these every day as we wake up now.

To be clear, because I just realized how this sounds: yes, she was aware of everything, just seeing the world and making decisions through the lens of depression. Cyrelle was literally the one thing that made sense, even before they fell in love.

I'll fight with you all night

Once again you are biased.

Mina's thighs suck. Argument invalid

You're biased, ma'am.

My other characters were closer to "love at first sight".

Mine's DIY starting from one of their pre-made templates.