[Coldsaturn]

- I can only say that I'm 89% sure that's Caleb's voice, but I don't think it IS Caleb (and instead just the voice actor doing his job; there are a bunch of other side characters all sharing the same VA). Even without all the implications of Ever's pin on his suit, there's the fact that up until now the LIs have never directly interacted with one another. They know of the existence of some of the others (most notably when you meet Caleb at grandma's house he mentions Zayne, who, as a childhood friend of MC, was automatically also a childhood friend of Caleb), but you don't see them literally talk to each other in the canon timeline.

- Can't wait for you to play the next three sections!!! So much juicy stuff.

- You're right that Raf is pretty much uninterested in protocores, if not for...I don't know, grind them to make color so he can murder someone else lol
And now that I think about it, I'm not sure he even knows MC has protocore syndrome.

- You'll read again about Mount Eternal and what happened there. Definitely gather all the info you can. I can confirm MC is not involved with Zayne at that point, they only meet again after MC becomes a hunter and at that point they haven't seen each other since childhood.
Crystals are definitely a recurring image. Many enemies you face look kinda crystal-like, Philos is called "a gem" etc.

- Excellent job listening to the background audio!

- Yes, it looks like Ever will succeed in their objective. What role Wanderers will play, we'll find out in the next chapters and texts. The future looks bright on one side and very grim on the other.