[ He knows this, of course. Ciri shakes her head, torn -- it's a terrible idea, probably, but for a good reason. She agrees they would all be better off with control and understanding over the Summoning ritual, whether that's for a chance to reconnect with those lost or to keep dangers out.
The thought that anything can come through is nearly as unsettling as the knowledge anyone can vanish without warning. Still... ]
It's chaos, and clearly none of them can actually control it. Maybe that mage in Thorne had a plan ages ago, but even that went awry from the beginning. He called half his summonings failures and threw them in prison. Now, every major power just summons people to... what? Stockpile us?
And how did the Free Cities and Solvunn got their hands on the ritual? How was it supposed to work in the first place?
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[ He knows this, of course. Ciri shakes her head, torn -- it's a terrible idea, probably, but for a good reason. She agrees they would all be better off with control and understanding over the Summoning ritual, whether that's for a chance to reconnect with those lost or to keep dangers out.
The thought that anything can come through is nearly as unsettling as the knowledge anyone can vanish without warning. Still... ]
It's chaos, and clearly none of them can actually control it. Maybe that mage in Thorne had a plan ages ago, but even that went awry from the beginning. He called half his summonings failures and threw them in prison. Now, every major power just summons people to... what? Stockpile us?
And how did the Free Cities and Solvunn got their hands on the ritual? How was it supposed to work in the first place?