i think chapter five references chapter one so much is because kris makes the dark world with nostalgia for their first adventure in mind. no noelle or berdly or tenna or gerson. no impending doom and dread. just them, susie and ralsei alone. i think that is why jevil and the world revolving is mentioned so much. aqua is as much as a stand in for jevil as she is for a younger kris, or maybe how kris wishes they could be again
the world was smaller and revolved around them








