Spoilers for Finale: A realization about Chptr 64

Maybe, but if the well didn't work, then... ouch. It's like a retroactive slap, lol

Do you think he comes back to life? I for one do.

I'm not exactly sure. Speaking from a meta-perspective and as an aspiring author, I feel like Andrew kinda painted this question into a corner (maybe accidentally, maybe not).

See, if Janner is revived, then how can you tell that story in an interesting way? What is the tension and the conflict driving that tale? Somehow, you need to drag out the situation and add some sort of plot, but there isn't anything setting up a conflict. So, the story would sadly fall flat.

But if Janner died? Well, then you can't very well tell a story that's just about that; you should've left out the possibility of resuscitation all together if that was the plan. So the well should work if you're going to tell that story.

But maybe you just timeskip ahead? Well, if the well worked, then timeskipping past that would feel disorienting and weird. But if it failed, then that will have to add a mournful note to the story, and if it's the point of the story, then you'll have to tell a sad, contemplative tale.

It's just a really tricky situation to write through, I feel. Which basically just means we're left in limbo unless/until someone can walk through that path very carefully.

Or maybe that sentence just doesn't have a lot of meaning. Or maybe Andrew Peterson used it cause it sounds cool. I do that sometimes.

Perhaps, but it could also serve as a dark and secretive hint to the fact that he doesn't live for much longer (and thus has no time to move past this event)

Nothing in particular. It was more of an "oof" moment, considering that for all we know, Janner might be dead for good. (Maybe not, but Peterson won't tell... the absolute nerve! Tut tut....)

Oh, I thought you had made some grand discovery and I had missed it. 😅