#granted it wouldn't explain why mythenmetz needed to be in buchhaim

[icryyoumercy]

okay but consider.

the librinauts we meet at any detail are 1) the one in the smoking room 2) the one at the blood theater 3) the coachman

they all move very little and rather stiffly, they all wear masks and armour that fully covers their bodies and faces

and the coachman's armour apparently has joints that are either stuck for some reason or too tight, either works, and thus finds himself entirely unable to move

the one at the smoking room is just... sitting and reading, not moving any more than absolutely necessary, and /not smoking/

the one at the blood theater, that's where this gets interesting. he's very quiet and thougthful, he speaks softly, is well educated, choses his words carefully and skillfully, and seems really well-read. he only ever moves in the breaks between acts, and mythenmetz mentions hearing both a ticking and a humming sound when the librinaut moves and/or speaks.

he also knows about the invisible theater, enough to hand mythenmetz what seems to be an invitation, so he must know maestro corodiak

given all that plus the books focus on puppeteering, i vote that (at least some of) the librinaut's armours aren't armours but puppets, like those robots from pacific rim, and also that they are operated by booklings

which would be by far the easiest way to give us back the shadowking and colophonius regenschein