Oh, I understand perfectly well how screwed up U.S. English is. I have visited and lived in several different parts of the United States. My point wasn't that American English wasn't screwed up, just that British English is
just as screwed up. But this is off-topic for the thread, so I'll leave it there.
I have to say, I very much like the new Prologue.
I've done a lot of editing before post this message, so hopefully what I have here makes sense.
One final point of curiosity for me is that, for all characters actually from earth (so not RY, Astra, or Xihe), only Anselm and Winter keep their names throughout. Cheryl becomes Fana, Seo-Yun becomes Gardenia Leishen, Diana becomes Sora, etc.