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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3739041" data-attributes="member: 3448">"We have one more matter we would like to discuss with you," continued Alistair.  "We have seen signs of new activity by the Old Ones or their followers, and seek to learn more.”“Yes, the cracks are open again.”“The cracks, Lord Silverleaves?” asked Dame Brionna.“You know of course that there are other universes?”“Do you mean other planes, or other entire systems of planes?” clarified Alistair.  “We know of both, but it would be best to understand which you discuss.”“I speak of other whole systems of planes, like where Sytry came from, but vastly different.  Imagine, if you will, a number line.  The further you get from this reality, the more different from this reality you get.  If we are at zero, Sytry and the Horned Rat came from here, at about fifty.” The Eldar held his hands apart by about a foot to demonstrate the distance.  “On that scale, the Old Ones came from over there.” A bright light appeared at the far side of the room through his psionics.  “They were not created in the backwash of the creation of reality by Eiru, or whoever; rather, there were cracks in reality and they came through from beyond.”“How can there be cracks in reality?”“Ah.  To understand that, we must begin by discussing…” Lord Silverleaves talked rapidly, using unfamiliar words and definding many new concepts as he proceeded.  Four hours of explanation later, Dame Brionna had a vague idea of what the concept meant, while Kit and Alistair ignored him completely and conducted a private conversation through Kit’s mindlink.“In any event, these beings had existed for as long as any creation had lasted.”“They’re everlasting but not eternal,” said Dame Brionna, drawing on her theological training.  “Correct.  They creep anywhere there’s a crack.  Anywhere that they can get into, they do.  They have overlapping but different goals.”</blockquote>

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