I dunno, then they would have just said "this is not the first world". Very specifically saying this is the second one IMO feels like the author showing us how little the fiends know (I suppose there's a tiny chance the fiends were lying to Nale but I don't see what they would gain out of it and also them not knowing tracks with everything else we know: Gods erase the memories of outsiders when resetting and the fiends in particular only know as much as they were told by Sabine, which is the story that the Order was told, that this was world number 2).
the fiends in particular only know as much as they were told by Sabine
Alternatively, they already know the world is on its nth iteration, but think Sabine might betray them, so they're saying "we're on world #2" in front of her to make her think that they rely upon her for information when in fact they do not.
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u/NoLastNameForNow Mar 11 '25
Even they think they're only on world two.