Song used: Bed of Rose's / Dreams of Derse by Mark Hadley
Song commentary: John had a "sleep and recover hp/mp" type theme, so I wrote one for Rose as well. Naturally it uses part of the theme from Aggrieve. When it came time to put it on the album, I didn't really want to leave it as short as it was, so I added the Dreams of Derse section to lengthen it, imagining what the cold, far orbit of Derse might be like.
Author commentary: Doomed Dave going back in time accomplished three very important things: it created Davesprite, it prevented John from getting killed, and apparently it also triggered Rose's dream self to wake up. All of these events are essential to the continuation of the alpha timeline. Which begins to suggest how complicated paradox space can get. Alpha timeline outcomes can depend entirely on the impact of events from doomed timelines, by way of time travelers going back in time, and effectively sacrificing themselves, to bring about necessary results. Later, Aradia takes this to an extreme with her lethal bot-splurge.