i'll make an addendUm for yoU.
i have a theory that yoU may have, conscioUsly or not, created this timeloop to protect yoUrself and yoUr party from something that happens dUring the king fight!
the goal in learning aboUt the internal politicking of derse's agents is to see if something may have changed behind the scenes - a regime change, a new sUperweapon, some nonstandard plan.
i also oUght to ask - what were yoUr tier-one prototypings?