Lifelines are the “strands” that make up the temporal existence of every being in the pseudo-plane of time. Only chronomancers can see them.
- The companions travel “riding” a lifeline, following Arian’s wish.
- Lifelines can be tangled (“tangled by the matter of temporal twists and turns”), cut (by the Death Harpist), or ridden like a “temporal ticket” (by the Temporal Glider).
- Cloeh proposes to investigate how they are made.
- Paulus discovers how to ride them “in an imperceptible instant.”
- A map of lifelines is part of the Death Harpist’s treasure.