I had a thought – just needed to write it down. It won’t mean anything to folks now, but in the future.
At the end of K’s story, H dies in her arms. The body is preserved, though. When K is placed about Amantia, and the ship tries to fix itself, it uses H’s body as a way to do so. A ends up in H’s body.
Now, K’s got two goals: find who made her the way she is, and find a way to get A back in her body so H can be brought back to life completely.
The answers are through the gate.
