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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3026913" data-attributes="member: 3448">Thanks, Fulcan!  Glad you're enjoying it.----“Will the wards stop it?  Or would moving her to one of the lead-lined rooms?”“No, simple barriers would not suffice.  There are specific protections that can be raised, and I have put them in place.  But this is a powerful link for the child’s father.”  He concentrated further.  “She is completely unaware of the pregnancy, or the power it gives him over her.  All that she knows is that she was raped by her ‘cousin,’ although it was clearly a demonic power, not a human, that sired the child.”“That fits the Brightspans,” Kit muttered darkly.  “What does she know about her cousin?”“She believes that he has some hold over his father, the Duke of Brightspan.  She also knows that he has gathered a large force to the west, heading south…  And the image she has of her cousin… most unusual.  I have almost never seen an overlay like that before…”“Could you show me?”“Yes, I’ll project it into your mind.  Be ready.  There are many memories and emotions tied up in it.”  The Farsensor and Kit locked eyes for a moment.Kit shuddered.  Seeing Alistair and Brionna’s worried looks, she stammered, “I’ll be alright.  Don’t touch me!  I just need some time…”The Farsensor continued, apparently unperturbed.  “Notice that when she pictures him, an image is overlaid on the image.  A human image, and an almost human image underlying it that seems almost feline.  But not a hell feline, or a normal feline…”“Rakshasa?”“Perhaps…”“Master Farsensor, what can you glean from her mind about the trip to Tarsh?” asked Kit.  “We think that her attacker wished to cover up some matters about that trip.”“Interesting…  A bishop of Paranswarm had a great gift from the Noldar stolen from his holy symbol while they were in Tarsh.  The thieves murdered the Bishop during the theft.  It was something of a scandal.”“At the same time as they replaced the Eldar amulet the Archduchess carried with a fake,” said Dame Brionna.One of the Farsensor’s eyebrows raised slightly.  “Ah.  So that was why Amelia faded so fast in the last days.  Without its sustaining power, there could be nothing to hold back the effects of age.  I had wondered…”Alistair grimaced.  “Master Farsensor, we would appreciate it if you kept that information to yourself.  We value that gift from your people highly and are doing everything we can to recover it.  We would not wish the Forest to think that we did not show proper respect for its generosity.”“I can hardly see how it would be treated as an insult.  You have done nothing wrong and are seeking to recover the amulet.  It is the thieves who have insulted us.  Nonetheless, I can see how some would disagree.  I will inform the ambassador and my queen; you need have no fear of their responses.  Beyond that, it will remain a secret.”“Thank you for your discretion.”“But it is a great loss.  The jewel in question was created by energizing psionic crystals by a firstcomer for the purpose of sustaining life and preventing decay.  And with a Noldar crystal stolen at the same time…  If it were the exact opposite of Amelia’s crystal-- that’s extraordinarily unlikely, of course…”“And yet we have reason to believe that they are precise opposites,” said Alistair.“Indeed?  If they are and were fused together in the appropriate ritual, nearly anything would be possible.  I do not wish to seem disrespectful, but there are those who say that only the two first gods truly live for all time.  Among my people, extending life and achieving divine status does not have the allure that it does among yours and others.  But with a pair of precisely opposite artifacts of the firstcomers, even a minor demon could be raised to a level of power comparable to a god. Not as powerful as your god, quite, but on the level of a demon lord or archdevil.”“That matches the goals of the creature that we believe is responsible.  Thank you for your aid, and we assure you that we will recover the crystals before they can be misused.”“It would be well if you did.”Seeing that he had answered their questions, the Farsensor began turning to leave.  Alistair held up a hand.  “One moment, Farsensor.  Would you mind if I asked you a question about some of your fallen kin?”“I would not, and if the question does not pry too deeply, I will answer if I can.”“We have reasons to believe that one of Quinliart Mordiquendarim’s closest kinswomen has been involved in the kidnapping of children.  Some of these kidnappings have been in the City of Enclaves, within Region 9.  Do you have any sense of how Setilina might respond if she were informed of it?”The Farsensor nodded.  “She would be most unhappy.  Setilina has always been cleaner than most of her brethren.  Unauthorized slaving within her niece’s region would anger both her and her niece greatly.” The Lieutenant of the guard poked his head inside.  “Captain?  Lady Constance insists that she be allowed in.”Alistair replied, “Excellent, she’s here.  Send her in.”  Turning to the Farsensor, he continued, “Thank you for all your help.”</blockquote>

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