
In the prev season, when the couple was advised they need to stay away from each other so Hyo-un's illness doesn't get worse, what if that's complete and utter bullshit? What if Hyo-un (for some reason that we might uncover this season) wasn't able to let Taehyuk eat the orb in this lifetime so they can share his power? What if Hyo-un is too powerful now because they haven't fully mated yet, and this is causing a strain on his "human" body cause the "vessel" just can't contain too much power anymore? The orb is still with him and haven't eaten by Taehyuk yet. So the solution to the prob we had in S1 is for Taehyuk to eat the orb and share the power, which has become too much for Hyo-un to bear? Gooood I hope that's true! They cannot be separated again

Holy shit, your hypothesis sounds pretty darn convincing! I was also starting to think that for some reason; maybe past Taehyuk got kidnapped or something back by the prince which caused a heap of problems, one being the orb that wasn't able to be shared. I reckon Hyo-un was human level weak when past Taehyuk got taken away, maybe that's it?

AND THIS IS A STRETCH BUT WTH LET'S THINK ABOUT IT. What if the mountain tiger is kahoots with the prince? Like they're trying to get in the way of the couple in this lifetime too? They don't wanna share the orb because they don't want Hyo-un to share his power and be mates w Taehyuk cause they want him to "go", just like the other "powerful/special beings" who did not choose to stay in their human form in this timeline (going back to what the deer said) It's like them want the dragon to remain pure or something Idk ε=ε=(ノ≧∇≦)ノ

Daamn! Actually, you never know right? Sounds pretty reasonable to say that the tiger wants to keep the dragon pure so it helps the prince with his obsession and hence keeping them away from each other each lifetime or something... well, there's definitely something about how they were unable to meeting for so long (taehyuks following reincarnations with hyo-yn)

Goooosh! This makes me excited! There's someone/something def getting in the way of them meeting again before the present timeline, otherwise as mates, they should have met sooner! I'm so excited for the next few episodes as the conflict unravels before our eyes! ε=ε=(ノ≧∇≦)ノ
It was nice having a discussion w you! See you around
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JUST LET THIS ONE GO, H-FIL. They love each other and have SOME SERIOUS BIG SHOT LOVING FAMILY who'll support them 100%. Let this one go, it's not like you can love Taemoon more than they can anyway. And they aren't breaking up cause you can't break them up, the back up are too powerful. (▰˘◡˘▰)