"with vast swathes of time passing in a sentence or two"

Oh, I think this is exactly why I find this hard to follow too! This, and the fact that a lot of things are done without any explanation, like 'X did this, and then Y did that', but it doesn't say why or what led to any of it.

"Awww, the fan translation has the naming conversation! (Does the official translation not have that at all, I wonder?)"

It got moved to the Shen San story. :)