Jun 29
Both a note and a headcanon.
Ather can create puppets in his former human image. He can then connect to them and use them to interact with humans. Provided that he can bring reserves of temple water, he can leave the Temple of the Vessel like this. He has them of varying sizes due to it being difficult for him to craft something so comparatively small - there are human-sized ones. He can only connect to one at a time.
This is also an option for interacting with him!