Faite doesn't quite understand that yet. From her point of view, she *is* human now, and could take the Hood's place herself. She doesn't understand that someone without her kind of awareness can't handle it. Faite's way of thinking is still highly abstract.

Then again, if a psychiatrist were to question Faite, he or she would write off Fate's descriptions of the workings of the universe as some kind of psychosis, and put her in a small room with her very own hugging vest. So it's all relative.

Where you get into irony territory is that the Psychic Samurai may just have a partial ability to take over the Hood's job, since she's used to seeing visions. She would have to get used to way more of them coming in much faster, but she just did that when the Parodyverse was collapsing. The hardest part for her is she likes to remain grounded somewhat, and she would have to give that up.





Imagine if you had to build an entire ship around one of those gateways because of the power requirements and stresses involved. And if you don't know what exists where you're going, you could be throwing one of those expensive ships after another into a pointless and destructive journey.

Not to mention that the Alliance is aware that if they grew their technology independently and without interference, and it's so advanced, it's only logical that there's another "Alliance" in the next galaxy over, and they could be even more advanced. They could be making a violent, conquering, highly advanced culture suddenly aware of their existence.

Which means, of course, if they explore the next galaxy, they have to do so in a stealthy way that is difficult to trace. Attempt to observe them at a distance first, and see how they behave and what they're capable of. Which is even more expensive, because they're using all those resources for something that might not produce profit for decades or centuries.





Now that she's out of that hole, though, she can give Exu his elements back. If she can successfully negotiate with the Dreamer first.


Side thought:

I just realized that if I follow the curve of these large story arcs year-to-year, my prediction has pretty much come into play that each successive one has been more powerful and causing more damage to the Parodyverse.

Meanwhile, Faite's personal story arc is she's trying to rejoin humanity and bond with, and better understand, new friends that she made two-or-three story arcs ago.

The conclusion might be that the office holders like Lisa (and maybe the minor ones) might start to wonder if Faite is getting distracted and not doing her job.

Yes, that does sound like a tie-in. Maybe.