: In Chapter 3: Rage 2, there is no mention of K'lia, Thoth, a "S'pht
: AI", or the S'pht'kr. So, from a literary analysis perspective, since
: there is no reference to these things in the Text, then that means they
: aren't present.
: So, in those two Chapters, Thoth isn't activated and yet we still shift to
: different timelines.
Do we though? There's really nothing in the story that suggests Envy is a separate timeline, other than the dream level coming before it. Tycho even references the Durandal primal pattern that you picked up at the end of Rage II.