"So this is being done at a point where I otherwise would destroy Cheliax, namely, if I switched away from my main plan, and then was otherwise about to run out of time on ensoulments probably starting?  I can stop Cheliax going after Osirion just by attacking Egorian with something that draws in their military response and then destroying Egorian, I think."

"- Carissa, the fact that all of this enormous mess happens to me at a certain time unless I delete or clean up the multiverse before then really looks to me like the plot is telling me to get on with it.  Not that the plot is telling me to wade into this enormous mess."

"So this is being done at a point where I otherwise would destroy Cheliax, namely, if I switched away from my main plan, and then was otherwise about to run out of time on ensoulments probably starting?  I can stop Cheliax going after Osirion just by attacking Egorian with something that draws in their military response and then destroying Egorian, I think."

"- Carissa, the fact that all of this enormous mess happens to me at a certain time unless I delete or clean up the multiverse before then, really looks to me like the plot is telling me to get on with it.  Not that the plot is telling me to wade into this enormous mess."

"So this is being done at a point where I otherwise would destroy Cheliax, namely, if I switched away from my main plan, and then was otherwise about to run out of time on ensoulments probably starting?  I can stop Cheliax going after Osirion just by attacking Egorian with something that draws in their military response and then destroying Egorian, I think.  Or are you proposing that Cheliax responds to threats so I should make one?  Or proposing that it benefits myself, rather than being a threat, if I speed up the time when I'd otherwise confront them?"

"- Carissa, the fact that all of this enormous mess happens to me at a certain time unless I delete or clean up the multiverse before then, really looks to me like the plot is telling me to get on with it.  Not that the plot is telling me to wade into this enormous mess."

"So this is being done at a point where I otherwise would destroy Cheliax, namely, if I switched away from my main plan, and then was otherwise about to run out of time on ensoulments probably starting?  I can stop Cheliax going after Osirion just by attacking Egorian with something that draws in their military response and then destroying Egorian, I think.  Or are you proposing that Cheliax responds to threats so I should make one?  Or proposing that it benefits myself, rather than being a threat, if I speed up the time when I'd otherwise confront them?"

"- Carissa, the fact that all of this enormous mess happens to me at a certain time unless I delete or clean up the multiverse before then, really looks to me like the plot is telling me to get on with it.  Not that the plot is telling me to wade into this enormous mess."