Learning that This Shattered World follows a different pair of...

LearningthatThis Shattered Worldfollows a different pair of main characters seems to have triggered this samegeneral worriment among some readers—and the occasional reaction that goes beyond worriment and into what seems to be total panic(?). I have six things to say in response that will hopefully address some of it:

You are asking the right questions. We want you to be asking those questions. We also intend to answer them.
Mostly.
It will hopefully become clear when you read it why we co...