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I think I misled you. It was an earlier scene in Chapter 14 that I intended to ignore, not the one you said. It is possible if not very likely that the First Darkitect's transdimensional manifestation on Elistra was only an extension of his consciousness through the rift, so he is still alive and well in the Maelstrom Dimension. His apparent death was more like a hand that was cut off.
Concerning Intrepid-Kate. The circumstances in getting this dimension's them together were forced through external factors and artificial. Whatever developmental stages crucial to starting a relationship in the Future Dimension, just did not happen in this timeline. As well, she seems to like Cyclone more. Intrepid-Kate is, most likely, hopeless, and Intrepid knows it. He is also, at this stage of his life, a person of the moment. He is not ready for enduring efforts needed to bring about long term changes, nor does he want such changes, he wants things around him to be nice and just right to his liking.
I am disappointed I didn't write more from Cyclone's and Kate's perspectives, especially in a sequel to their story. There were also many complexities I must have considered at times, but the sporadicness in which I have written this story prevented anything to come of them. Ending the story like this scratches off one of my goals, so I do is to not unfinish another story, even some things are left unknown.
Who is Eclipse and what is her significance?
Who is the black haired girl working for Tiberius?
Looking back I should have answered these questions before ending the story, but now that it is over, it feels wrong to go back and insert more things. So the only way to answer these things is in other stories, or to just reveal what my ideas were for them, if there is interest.