[ if they didn't meet that day, she wonders how different their lives would be right now. would they be in danger? would the gods realise their existence? would they be living in hiding, in fear of their own lives one close encounter after another? ]

That was just a coincidence ... [ she says with a shake of her head. ] If you'd arrived a few hours earlier, you would've seen Aether instead of me.

[ a bit later, and he wouldn't have met either of them. things just happened as they are. after all, he's technically already known her, and the fact that nothing's happened despite that until then is proof. ]

I wouldn't think too much of it.