The Conciliator and Agea's Theory

Cevarian's theory is they've actually maybe traveled somewhere else. Agea seems pretty convinced it's all just trickery. Wolf gives us both theories, but he doesn't concretely come down on one or the other. It certainly gives enough fuel to power say a podcast. But it is kind of a little unsatisfying because these botanical garden chapters are very mysterious and we never learn what's going on about them.