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in ch 97 professor ayumu says to phos, “when you’re on the other side, burn the bridge”, but chapter 103 last page says “will this bridge the gap to the new world”. Maybe the bridge is the past story between humans and their form (ie the story of humans and how they were the origin of the current species)???
Professor ayumu told that to adamant sensei- he most likely didn’t burn the bridge because it is the last thing he has of his mother and his creation origin. He probably went against her wishes of removing humanity from the new world by re-affirming to the gems that they were connected to humans (gems being the bones).
Professor ayumu probably wants phos to stop re-telling the story to the new generation (the pebbles) from getting curious about them, and having another similar situation of phos (being overtly curious about the human species and it’s connection to them). If they burned the idea of “the pebbles came from the humans, pebbles are the remaining semblance of human ‘bones’ like the gems” maybe they won’t seek for any characteristics that reminds them of their origin and could possibly stop a cycle from happening.
but phos chooses to tell the origin story to the pebbles. Is it because phos still has that tiny connection with humans (the phosphophylite brittle shown on 103)?? I feel like it’s going to become a cycle- this do be a very philosophical manga, and I feel like I’m spouting nonsense, imma reread it again