This time, it was Freyr who received Roth’Orsa’s stare. Even though she had not yet given off any signs of malice, Vreta still felt unnerved sitting [i]near[/i] the subject of her focus. Though, the great regard in which he held the Rahn’Saki did influence his anxiety. “You are…afraid Dr. Lang, yes? You lost your family within the Cradle, and evidence suggests their minds were taken by the intelligence that has emerged within the Cradle. Since you have been on our world, we have heard you speak of such great pain that would fill any Rothian with grief for years. The being we encountered offered to attempt to return your dead to you, but to do so would require releasing control. As you are now, you have some control over the Cradle. Even if it is fighting back, you still have some tools to influence it. Your family’s fate is currently in [i]your[/i] hands, and you are afraid to place it in the hands of any other. You do not know if you want to trust this being with their lives.”

Roth’Orsa required no time to think, and did not hesitate to continue. Any question asked or counterpoint raised, it seemed she could reply to in an instant. We may not have had the opportunity to study the Cradle, but the Rahn’Saki has…knowledge of digitized personalities. Even without having entered it, the Cradle is a place that feels familiar to us. It is not identical to technology we know of, but it…rhymes, so to speak. The only way that it would be possible for your dead and lost to be returned to you would be if there is record of their personality matrices somewhere within the Cradle’s memory. If that is the case, then it would be a trivial task for this being to return those personalities to you, so as long as it has control over the Cradle. It is no different from moving a file on your computer. If there has been too much deviation from the patterns in their organic minds, then it may not be possible to return them to their original bodies, we will admit. However, you would still have their minds. If your people cannot create a digital environment capable of hosting a complete Human mind, then in the interest of preserving their lives, we would be willing to provide them.”