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• Orrian Rifle Skin[s]
• Tell me more about the probes you examined.
• They're well designed. They emit pulsed eldritch waves that register the relative strength of all local ambient magic.
• Like the way bats hunt? They let out a chirp and react to what that chirp bounces off of.
• Right again. I am clearly a good influence on you.
• So, will...what was your golem's name again?
• Scruffy.
• Will Scruffy work again if you get the stuff you need? I'd get it for you, but I can't leave you unprotected.
• You're sweet. And absolutely. I built him for maximum ease of maintenance. All he needs are some replacement parts.
• He may be rough around the edges, but when he's whole, Scruffy is as reliable as an entropic crystal regulator.
• Ah. That's good, then. Right?
• Braham, will you tell me a story while we wait?
• After you ran off on me? And all the abuse you heaped on me since we got here? I get plenty of that back in Cragstead.
• You don't spend much time around asura, do you? We only abuse people we like. Or those we're trying to improve.
• Fine. I'll assume you like me. Ahem! "Once upon a time, there was a brave and handsome norn named Braham..."
• Aww, I've heard this one already. From you. Twice.
• Surprised to find you sitting still, short-pants. The way you took off, I figured you'd be halfway to Mount Maelstrom by now.
• Scruffy—my golem—broke down. And I still learned more in the short time I've been here than you have in your whole life.
• What happened? Why did your silly magical machine man stop working?
• I was studying that strange device, but every time I got too close, it zapped me and knocked me back.
• Eventually, Scruffy's power cells shorted out and pieces of him fell off. That activated his emergency mode.
• So he followed protocol like he's supposed to: he carried me here, spit me out, and then powered down.
• And you've got a lot of nerve calling Scruffy "silly" with those clothes and that haircut.
• So your golem's dead. Why don't you just walk out of here?
• Same reason you don't fly out: because I can't. My ears, how thick are you?
• See these legs? They don't work right. I can't walk very far unassisted.
• Uh...I uh...sorry. I didn't know!
• What'd you learn about those...um...things you were studying before your golem broke?
• As if you'd understand. All right, I've got nothing but time, so let's give it a go.
• They appear to be survey probes for the purpose of identifying high-energy thaumic channels and matrices.
• So it's like magical energy is a swirling storm and these things are mapping it.
• A trifle simplistic, but yes, that's exactly the case.
• Okay, truth time: Why did you run away from me? Why did you come here in the first place?
• It's not personal. I just wanted to see Scarlet's handiwork up close. Her marionette was amazing. Inspiring.
• When I saw her minions running through a portal, I followed them.
• You were supposed to stay with me. I told you to stop.
• Zojja tells me to do stuff all the time. So does Vorpp. I don't listen to them, either.
• What's your story anyway, Tiny? How does a little thing like you get into such big trouble?
• It's Taimi. And I'm a progeny prodigy. I've got important people fighting for the right to be my teacher.
• Important people, huh? Are they real people, or just big-eared figments of your overactive imagination?
• They're real, but they all want to tell me what to learn. I'd rather be like Scarlet and pick my own courses.
• Wolf's tail, girl! Don't be too much like Scarlet, okay? One's way too many.
• What do you think those probes of Scarlet's are looking for?
• Best guess? Um... The transcendent magic channels that span the globe. Old-fashioned Synergetics texts call them ley lines.
• Normally you can't see them or touch them, but they're real. Magic finds its own path, like rivers running to the sea.
• The probes are trying to identify the biggest and strongest of these ley lines, but I'm not sure why. Not yet.
• Regroup
• Did you know Scarlet attended each of the three colleges? And that she worked with the Inquest? Ooh, and that she—
• If you believe the rumors. I talked with an asura named Vorpp, and he says it was all bunk. I'm inclined to agree.
• I know what Vorpp says, but her twisted creatures weren't bunk. The holo-pirates either. Some asura are just jealous.