>>58616526No, because the tragedy of the professor inherently hinges on a chance encounter with a child from another timeline, one who already experienced the professor's tragedy and the consequences of it. But that then raises the question, "how did this cycle start?"
It didn't, it's an event that's paradoxically always been taking place without having ever had a formal starting point, because it's a product of Terapagos' meddling, a Pokemon who effortlessly creates paradoxes.
Whether you look forwards or backwards to figure out "how does it start?" and "how does it end?", you will be met with the same, endless process:
>Terapagos summons pre-schizo professor to Kitakami in another timeline, where they meet a child with the dragon of their dreams>the professor learns of the dragon's alternate name from the child, and exchanges information with them>the professor goes home, newly driven to make their dreams reality because they just received living proof that it's possible>professor goes schizo, events of SV play out>protagonist goes to Kitakami's Crystal Pool after they capture Terapagos>Terapagos summons pre-schizo professor from another timeline to Kitakami, where they meet a child with the dragon of their dreamsThere is no start. There is no end. The only way the regress can break is if you never buy the DLC, in which the concept of the regress will never exist in the first place because it isn't introduced until you come upon it in the DLC.
