Many aspects of this place had seemed to be have been manufactured in anticipation for us.

[ She sometimes forgets that Pyra had not been there at the start, though she likely had been there long enough to observe such changes as well. For the gods to resort to drawing them in, doubtless the citizens had to have prepared until it was time; they know so little of the process. ]

The very way we are introduced to the city. The housing that had been prepared while many other buildings are in disrepair. Catering to us in anticipation of needs. There is always another side... that they may not have wanted us to be aware of until there was little we could do about it.