Talk:Chapter 8: Core/@comment-45.33.212.45-20200112234320/@comment-34601114-20200212010156

From what I know (and this is largely from theories), is that Madeline returns to discover what's behind the mountain's power. It's a bit of a filler and kind of gives the mountain more substance since it's literally throwing everything it has at her (fire and ice, two extreme ends of the spectrum) to challenge her and see if she's worthy, and finally lets her into its center. Just a bit of side lore to complement the story I guess.