Location questions and hallucination questions become more interesting in this issue. The actual Lords of Order show up, though I can't actually identify them with any of the established characters from mainstream DC. Further, these Lords are reacting to Caroline's quest with Madame Atom, which I'm still not convinced is not a hallucination. I suppose it doesn't really matter if it is or isn't - it's the actions Caroline is taking, metaphoric or otherwise, that interests the Lords.
This issue we see forces beginning to move against Eternity Girl, both metaphysical and physical, whose impetuses are for a greater good outside of Caroline herself. There is something to the clinically depressed person that causes myopia. Though Caroline has been told outright that the only way for her to die is for the universe to end, and that everyone else will die too, she still pursues the path. Depression can become overwhelming, to the point that it's hard to see that other people have lives and worries and sadnesses too.
There is also something to the notion that, from Caroline's perspective at least, when she dies, so does the universe. It's the same with all of us, really. We experience existence from a singular point of view that will never repeat exactly, so when we die, that particular perspective of the universe dies as well. I guess we'll find out whether it's a personal or a public universe that is scheduled for demolition in the series.
More to follow.
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