I may be unique in this, but I suspected Sharlayan almost as soon as Livingway said that book she pulled out was from their terrestrial collaborators. Think about it: who else would think that the best way to convey all the necessary information for a mass exodus is to throw encyclopedias at them?
Livingway panicking over the domiciles has the same energy of a procrastinating High School student realizing they have a big important project they didn't start due the next morning.
You really can't blame livingway for her sudden panic. She's used to dealing with people of amaraut and they were fucking massive. A max height male Aura can barely reach their hip area. So to find out everyone has basically evolved to be smaller and the final days is knocking at the front door. You'd panic as well to change everything as quickly as possible. Hydaelyn was probably seeing this part and went "oh shit that's right... They never seen them
Little detail I just picked up on. When you have your conversation with Urianger, you're in the shade, bit when he comes clean it's in the light of the star...
"Very sad, that." I was flummoxed by that line as well. 9:40. The moment of dawning horror. THAT'S what those uptight stuffed shirts were hiding. Remember one of the oddities of the Amaurotines were their complete conformity in clothing. One of the shades thought they were children in costumes because they weren't wearing the same robes and masks. Makes sense that the lopporits wouldn't know about fashion. "No, we just expect it at this point." But to answer your question, Orange, yes. People look at you and go "here's the shady one." Poor Orange worked so hard to recover from Puddingway.
