Hello and welcome to Into the Night, a Five Nance of Freddy's podcast.

I am your host, Nick, and thank you so much for listening.

If there is one aspect to the Five Nights of Freddy's universe that remains deeply misunderstood,

it would likely be remnant and agony.

Depending on who you engage with,

these two elements are either seen as critical components

fundamental to the narrative,

or they're dismissed as inconsequential,

logical missteps,

adding nothing but confusion to the broader story.

The truth, as it often is, lies somewhere in between.

There is nuance here, and it's this nuance that makes understanding remnant and agony essential

for most meaningful engagements with the lore of Finanzafergis.

They are not arbitrary or unnecessary additions.

Rather, they serve a significant role in the world-building of the series.

By attempting to establish a framework, rules, if you will, governing the supernatural elements of the story, they provide

a structure that is pivotal for comprehending how the unexplainable functions within this universe.

Now, the very idea of rules for the supernatural likely raised some eyebrows.

By definition, isn't the supernatural something abstract, something unbound by any kind of formal structure?

Well, potentially yes.

But as with much of life, the answer depends on the framework we're working within,

i.e. how Scott Cothan wishes to express and define the supernatural in his art.

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