Sylvester Archipelago

Why can't Ravelin pull the levers?

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- It's better to try this combination (the one I suggested off-topic), - Alexis objected, - yours clearly won't lead to anything good.

Is this it?

Dead god, who gave life to mortals, I ask to be let into the heart, to give mortals (a mortal?) a little more time.

First, you forgot to "open the gates." Second, it has a strange meaning. It's as if we are the saviors of the world, which is about to end, and we are asking for more time. We didn't really have any hints about that.