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• Don't be silly. The chances are so slim as to be negligible. About...oh, fifty-three percent. I've tagged us all nonhostile.
• All right! Let's zap some Inquest then.
• What is this place?
• It's a cave.
• You know what I mean.
• Well, everything points to it being a ley line hub. And, before you ask, it's where multiple ley lines intersect. Scarlet thought it important enough to set up a lab here.
• The plant dragon's corruption has found its way in.
• Yes, it's troubling, but it makes sense given how the dragons consume magic. They're undoubtedly attracted to ley lines like spiders are attracted to flies caught in their webs.
• That doesn't bode well for waypoints.
• No, I'm afraid not.
• It's...beautiful.
• And we're still alive. That's a plus.
• Of course we're alive. I was joking about fifty-three percent. It was more like seventy-eight.
• Wonderful. Looks like we're going to be the only ones walking around in here for some time.
• You did great, Taimi.
• I know.
• There has to be something we can do about it.
• I'm working on a solution. I've tapped into the asuran waypoint network to see which waypoints are being disturbed. It's far more widespread than I imagined.
• How widespread?
• Well, for example, the waypoints at Fort Concordia and at Fort Salma are behaving irregularly. If it's the dragon's tendrils—and I presume it is—then that's quite far afield.
• There are other waypoints being disturbed, but those two are the most egregious. It's interesting that they're both strongholds.
• I'd say this requires some direct observation. I want to see what this is all about with my own two eyes.
• Why don't we split up? Rox and I can take Concordia. You two head out to Fort Salma and say hello to your sister for us.
• That's a great idea. I'd love to spend more time with Belinda. Get to know her better.
• I don't care if you beg. I'm not going to either place. I have to stay here and continue my research. Nothing's changing my mind.
• No begging here. C'mon, Braham. Let's go.
• This place is amazing.
• And brimming with bad guys. The Inquest are here.
• We know how to deal with Inquest. Let's clear this place out.
• Wait, Rox. Let's be smart. Scarlet will have left security devices in place. They're currently off-line, but if I can reactivate them, we can use them to our advantage.
• Awww. Can't we just get rid of them the good ol' fashioned way?
• You could, but they'd be back before you know it. Scarlet's security can protect this area from future attacks. Clear the way to the first console for me.
• This was Scarlet's first ley line. It's a hub where multiple lines converge, but it's still tiny compared to the one in Lion's Arch.
• I heard some of what happened.
• Miners dug here and hit this pocket. I imagine the ley line messed with all their machines, so they abandoned the mine. But some must have talked, and Scarlet heard about it.
• So this is where it all began?
• This is definitely where Scarlet began to intensely research ley lines, yes. These machines let us see the magic that is usually invisible.
• What does all her research add up to?
• You realize that if Scarlet hadn't lost her mind, she'd have been heralded as one of the greatest arcane researchers of the century. This is an unprecedented discovery—what all asura dream of.
• I'm less interested in her past than in our future.
• Impatient much? Gosh. Okay, I've ascertained that there's a disturbance in the ley lines, and it's affecting certain waypoints.
• Affecting waypoints?
• Unfortunately Scarlet was right. When we asura placed the waypoints, some worked better than others, so we got rid of the ones that didn't work and kept those that did.
• They worked better when placed on a ley line.
• Correct. Without even realizing what we were doing, we tapped into the power of the ley lines. And it's no longer just theory. I can prove it now.
• So how are the waypoints affected?
• I'm 98.5 percent sure I can answer correctly. It's these vines. They're attracted to the magical resonance of the waypoints.
• The vines? So, you mean Mordremoth's corruption.
• Not exactly. It's my belief that these vines we're seeing are coming directly from the dragon, spreading underground across Tyria. It's not just corruption. It's him.
• And the free-moving ones aboveground?