[@Frettzo]

It was a direct response, yes. I think it bad form to use @mentions in an IC post and therefore didn't do that, but to your credit the summary just mentioned that he responded to Astarte and not that he invited her to come.

The pertinent section:

[quote=Cyclone]But now he had a moment to think on it and respond to Astarte. He reached back to her with his mind, "A most splendid and intriguing gift! Its energy acts most unlike those that I command. One day you must fare to my palace and see it in person; when such time comes, I implore that you bring more of this strange substance!" The jar before him evaporated into a cloud of strange smoke and then materialized once more somewhere else in his palace; Zephyrion was sure that he would find the time to tamper with that magic at some point. Now, however, he was otherwise occupied.[/quote]