We can't rule out the possibility. [ Like so many, many other possibilities. ]

Maybe. Someone did manage to make contact with them last time. [ Himeka, and the one word she got from it: mission. He shakes his head and sighs. ] Even assuming they all connect at some point, it feels like we're chasing too many disparate threads right now. [ Heralds, gods, Horizon, the Singularity, the past Summonings, the missing natives - ]

I've exhausted what I can find about the gods and heralds here. I'm going to keep looking into the Ninth High Mage. [ And continuing to spy in Borrel while he can. ]