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[thewarningafter]

[Stephen would be more worried if he thought there was a chance of this getting back to someone who could actually do something about it. And, well, if he had more of a choice about blabbing. He lets out almost a choking sound in surprise.]

Ye -- no? Green yes, sphere, yes, immense power yes. Crystal ball size? No. It's tiny, it's a little rock in a pendant.

[whiteknightnecromancer]

I'd be more comforted if I knew whether the size was necessary for a somniborium or yet another instance of Magisters being unnecessarily melodramatic. Does it have any connection with dreams or travel between worlds? Most of my experiences with such devices have been overwhelmingly negative.

[thewarningafter]

No? I don't think it does. It's...an infinity stone. I don't -- I don't know what that means. I know how to use it, but I have no idea what the thing is.

[whiteknightnecromancer]

A somniborium is a Vessel of Dreams. It contains immense power that can be put to a number of uses evidently. They're Elvhen so I don't know as much about them as I might. There seems a strong likelihood the elves brought them to Thedas when they crossed worlds.

[A hesitation.]

The time travel I experienced was only possible while the escaped energy from a broken one was warping reality.

[thewarningafter]

Not the same thing, then. This thing wasn't broken; you just had to know how to tap into it. How not to tap into, too, but the casing helped with that.

[whiteknightnecromancer]

Well, no. But that was one somniborium. There were others. And if the power unleashed by breaking it could threaten the fabric of the world, then I imagine the same could be said of an intact one in the hands of an experienced wielder. Which Inquisitor Cadash wasn't. More of an accidental wielder.

A special casing? Made of anything in particular?

[thewarningafter]

I mean, there are other infinity stones, too. That new guy today, Peter the Whatever, he was just telling me he and his friends used one to disintegrate some guy who was trying to use it to kill a bunch of people. From the way he told it I should have been killed the second I picked the thing up, but -- I don't think it's the material of the casing, again, I think it's the shape of it. The Eye is latticed with the same symbol as the one of the sanctums, it's some kind of seal -- the Vishanti? Seal of the Vishanti.

[whiteknightnecromancer]

I'm going to guess Vishante doesn't mean the same thing to you as it does to me. Or maybe it does. "On my tongue" could have some sort of greater symbolic meaning.

[English's lack of an imperative case made that statement less clear than in Tevene. It was missing the verb that would complete the command.]

I would talk to Peter about this but I'm not sure of the quality of information I'd receive.

[thewarningafter]

No, they're -- a power. Beings. I'm not sure. There's a book. Didn't quite make it onto my reading list yet.

Listen, I need to go. I could talk to you all night -- I could talk to anyone all night, I literally cannot shut up right now -- but I'm going to at least try to sit down and meditate because I don't know the next time I'll have a chance at sleeping.

[whiteknightnecromancer]

Sleep well.

[Dorian logs off before Stephen can reply.]