Will we then find the Winnower/Gardener(if they are the same) and use it to defeat the witness?
The Winnower in my mind is the sole source of Darkness, so could he drain the witness of its power?
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Look at it this way. The personification of the Winnower is the veiled woman statues we see all over Pyramid architecture. The Witness is the being we saw at the end of the WQ campaign. They are not the same. Not in the slightest. And the Winnower will never intervene in the affairs of the Universe unless someone is actively trying to use its power to do the opposite of what it wants. Which isn’t what the Witness is doing, so it won’t intervene. Will we ever see the Winnower and the Gardener? (Which also are not the same being) Yes, I believe we will. During The Final Shape. We must. If The Final Shape is the end of the Light/Dark saga, then we must see the literal sources of Light and Darkness