>>533971676
>But our current one
The speedreader here is you. He was still doing it, ours was just the current target. He literally can't fully manifest until Linton turns to dough to allow him to come in at full power.
Hell, at the very end, he sees an ending that's not pure misery and gives up, since he finally realizes not all possibilities are fated to be shit.
The fucking game itself points out how it's impossible for you to have seen and experienced every possible alternative in a person's lifetime, therefore Nelly and Erlking were just seeing what fed into their bias.