[center][h2][b]Ophelia[/b][/h2][/center]

Ophelia watched the golden tentacle of Ego with fascination, recalling that odd sensation of feeling observed and scrutinised from when she'd been walking with Dietrich. She wondered what might have caused it to occur now--clearly there was some sort of reason for the sudden intrusion. It was interesting to her that the tentacle could appear here, too, for she'd previously operated under the assumption that perhaps Ego had to "colonise" a place to manifest within it if it could prevent the little ones. Curiously, Ophelia stopped and knelt down to beckon the little ones forth. When they came she smiled with relief, and quickly scrawled a message to the Shopkeeper.

[i]"Golden Tentacle of Ego just observed us on our way about. Didn't think they could manifest outside of the Cathedral. Little ones able to visit, so not mutually exclusive. Figure you should be kept apprised of his movements."[/i]

"... maybe still him. He was definitely human and can definitively speak to us--finding another Great One who meets those criteria might be frightfully difficult... either way, we can learn something from him. We just can't learn from [i]only[/i] him. Everything we learn gets us closer, even what doesn't work tells us something about the rules--I think communion with him is inevitable even if our goals aren't aligned. Perhaps we go have a very frank conversation with Harold... even when he lies through his teeth, working out what he wants us to believe and why are still tools we can use. Perhaps we can channel something through Farren's bond, or the Sun rune, or... perhaps we need one of those golden weapons. We cannot be meek and afraid."