Let me say first, this VN is one of my Favorits of all avaible and i really hold it in high regard, so i hope you please dont hold the following Rant against me, i just need to blow of some steam:
Cause In all honesty...not a fan of the twist.
Its just like the worst way to make a cliffhanger and i hate it everytime something like that happens in a series/movie/book.
Its like...last scene something really glorious and epic happens, you are at the edge of your seat and want to know what happens after, then the next movie/book/season comes, and PSYCH, you get sometthing of an overlong sidestory/DreamSequence instead. If it would have happen on a normal camp night or so it wouldnt be bad, but since it happened after such a climatic scene, the whole thing feels like one giant filler. and i mostly just skim-read throgh it, instead of giving it the attention it deserved. i seriously couldnt find any motivation to read about ray and Bird gods and just wanted it to be over quickly.
sorry, had to get it out of my system.