Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20170106232308/@comment-30632294-20170110053913

LOWKEY0 wrote: Aggression25 wrote: We're just going to have to wait until the next chapter or so in order to find out what the Hell is going on here. True but what are the "paths" The paths are simply what they are - some sort of metaphysical connection that binds all Eldians together. It's not really a new idea in science fiction at least. In the Ender Saga by Orson Scott Card there's this idea that everyone has this thing called an Aiua (soul) and as you form relationships with people there is this metaphysical connection that is forged between each soul. The deeper the relationship, the stronger the connection. The connection is reasoned to be why people sense when bad things happen to people they care for deeply. The Force from Star Wars might be another good example...and Eldians are the Jedi's (To carry the analogy through)

I don't know that their substance matters too much, only their existance and their function. They clearly not only transcend space...but TIME.