"At least, that's what I've found. I could be wrong about the specifics, but there is certainly a pattern there to follow."
Alaric was silent for a long moment.
Moon could see the gears turning behind his eyes. The Light Sword Saint had been one of the few beings to interact with the River of Paths at a deeper level, when he had pushed himself to create a branch path during his own recent injury. Whatever Moon was describing matched something Alaric had likely experienced firsthand, but from the opposite direction. Alaric was a human who had touched the real potential of the River. Moon was theorizing about beasts that had done the same.
"That's a significant theory. If you're right, then the River isn't just accessible to humans who reach the Surpasser threshold. It's something the world itself has been brushing against in different ways. Through specific events or encounters that humanity has been categorizing as luck or anomaly."
