Need to break out of this "Oops! All prophecies!" narrative loop

The Phantom, 8/1/23

The current Phantom storyline, broadly defined, has consisted of Old Man Mozz prophesying for our hero multiple different versions of how his plan to spring pirate, but for good/sexual-tension-with-the-Phantom-haver Savarna from Gravelines prison might work out. They all work out bad, in the long run, due to various Dramatic Ironies, but our hero has decided to go for it anyway, or at least I think so, because we've had long versions of the story play out in the strip before that have just turned out to be Mozz's narrative and not the "real" action in the strip, and maybe this time will work out the same. But my point is that this night, and its consequences across branching timelines, has been going on more than two years at this point, so I wouldn't say it's ended too soon at all! I think we could pretty much wrap it up, if I'm being blunt about it.

Gil Thorp, 8/1/23