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Zeth Abbey whom I can trust to wind-speak my agents, and itтАЩs too late to send them a message by conventional means.тАЭ

Kilian, I could windspeak your men and tell them to hold off. It wouldnтАЩt be easy from this great distance, but I could do it. TheyтАЩd listen
and obey if you give me their signatures and the command password now, instead of waiting untilтАФ

тАЬNo! YouтАЩll bespeak and windwatch them only when the trove is safely in my hands. Do you take me for a fool?тАЭ

You misunderstandтАФ

тАЬAnd donтАЩt think you can circumvent my safeguards against your coercive talents by invading my agentsтАЩ dreams! YouтАЩll never
countermand my orders that way. The Brothers were trained in my own somnial defensive techniques before they ever left the abbey. No
one can speak to them in dreams unless they consent. But I daresay youтАЩve already found that out for yourself, or you wouldnтАЩt be trying
to trick me!тАЭ

Kilian, please believe that IтАЩd never betray our agreement and try to seize the trove for myself.

тАЬOf course you would, my boy. Neither of us has ever trusted the other. That will never change until weтАЩve successfully divided
DarasiloтАЩs sigils, and overcome the obstacles that now prevent either of us from utilizing their sorcery.тАЭ

Just listen to me. Let me explain why I need more time. I donтАЩt want to offer our bargain to the Salka until I learn more about the
Unknown PotencyтАЩs effect upon the Beaconfolk themselves. The stone does more than liberate sigils from the LightsтАЩ control and abolish
bonding. IтАЩm certain of that. This ancient document tablet that IтАЩve found may reveal why the Potency was created in the first place.
ThereтАЩs something in it about an intention to sever the LightsтАЩ ability to meddle in the affairs of earthbound beings such as ourselves.

тАЬDepriving us of Beaconfolk sorcery altogether? I donтАЩt much like the sound of that!тАЭ

IтАЩm more interested in the possibility that the tablet might confirm what weтАЩve only assumed must be trueтАФthat the UnknownтАЩs power
may enable me to utilize liberated sigils with impunity!

тАЬAnd so you shall. I thought you were already convinced of it. If the Lights lose their ability to feed on the pain of sigil-wielders, if

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theyтАЩre compelled to deliver sorcery without demanding a price, there is no way they can harm you. Their curse is effectively annulled.тАЭ

I must make certain. What good will my half of DarasiloтАЩs Trove do me if the curse still holds good? IтАЩll tell you one thing: if I canтАЩt have
mine, I wonтАЩt help you get yours. And neither will I free you of your iron gammadion!

тАЬCalm yourself.тАЭ

Once I leave Dawntide Citadel, IтАЩll never have access to these Salka archives again.

тАЬThen take the tablet in question along with you when you go. Puzzle out its contents later, on the voyage to Didion.тАЭ

I canтАЩt take the bloody thing away. I can hardly lift it. ItтАЩs a stone slab the size of a cart wheel, jam-packed with inscriptions, and if the
monsters knew IтАЩd stolen it theyтАЩd probably slaughter me out of handтАж or do worse.

тАЬCopy the wording.тАЭ