"Thank you." Inessa nods politely as she takes the spiced wine, giving it a moment to cool slightly before daring a sip. She also slips a mabari crunch to Garahel, so he won't whine about how severely she's neglecting him. As he happily crunches away, she steps aside so that others who thirst won't be impeded by them.
Her lips twitch slightly at Morrigan's assessment of the meeting, unable to disagree on that front. It was akin to herding cats, though Church in particular didn't provoke her irritation. "Our initial assumption upon discovery was that it might be an eluvian network. I'm still not entirely willing to discount that it may be that, in part. However, I suspect there is a greater significance at work." She takes a moment to sip and savor that wine; the warmth and the cinnamon is exactly what she's been craving.
"The orb was discovered in the Blackmarsh, it's true, but I don't know if the First found it there or brought it from elsewhere. Anders didn't know, and there was no evidence either way. It's quite possible that it was, though, or at least discovered nearby, since the awakened darkspawn were only active in the Amarantine area. If that has any relevance to the map, we could be looking at the locations of other orbs." It's a thrilling and then terrifying thought. Corypheus already has one, to their knowledge. What he could do with more at his disposal, she doesn't want to envision. "That, or locations where it is most ideal to use them, due to the nature of the Veil. If orbs or eluvians have nothing to do with them, then perhaps it is the map of a grand-scale experiment. They could have been seeking new ways to manipulate the Veil, for whatever purpose." What if the elves of old had attempted something similar to the Tevinter magisters, only without the massive blood sacrifice? "But all this is speculation without a solid lead as to the locations of those intersections."
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Her lips twitch slightly at Morrigan's assessment of the meeting, unable to disagree on that front. It was akin to herding cats, though Church in particular didn't provoke her irritation. "Our initial assumption upon discovery was that it might be an eluvian network. I'm still not entirely willing to discount that it may be that, in part. However, I suspect there is a greater significance at work." She takes a moment to sip and savor that wine; the warmth and the cinnamon is exactly what she's been craving.
"The orb was discovered in the Blackmarsh, it's true, but I don't know if the First found it there or brought it from elsewhere. Anders didn't know, and there was no evidence either way. It's quite possible that it was, though, or at least discovered nearby, since the awakened darkspawn were only active in the Amarantine area. If that has any relevance to the map, we could be looking at the locations of other orbs." It's a thrilling and then terrifying thought. Corypheus already has one, to their knowledge. What he could do with more at his disposal, she doesn't want to envision. "That, or locations where it is most ideal to use them, due to the nature of the Veil. If orbs or eluvians have nothing to do with them, then perhaps it is the map of a grand-scale experiment. They could have been seeking new ways to manipulate the Veil, for whatever purpose." What if the elves of old had attempted something similar to the Tevinter magisters, only without the massive blood sacrifice? "But all this is speculation without a solid lead as to the locations of those intersections."