OMG! Just came across a short ending script review of the ending which also explain why HQ kept smelling an incense.…
Just my thoughts, in the first Ep. She pinched her cheek to make sure it's not a dream. And when she was shot by arrow,, she feels the pain. Not looks like dream or comatose state hahhaha
https://youtu.be/IFT3Dw19LdM?si=JpNzs6Yz1lpWbWNe