There is no way back

I nod in mild agreement. "I see fanaticism is down, which is perhaps a relief. Though their style of worship had very little to do with truth."

I shake my head. Perhaps I will be of value to this guild that is being created, if they have not even found the older tombs that chronicle our earlier periods. "The acquired are what you now call the abandoned. It is what those who came before me were before they ascended. Though not all the acquired sought the same advancement in the world that we did, still they were branded with the same name by the Old Gods."

Again I find myself nodding in easy agreement with the way the silver-man's mind works. "Yes. That is no accident. Were we all to die in here I think that would suit the outside world just fine. Though I find it hard to believe that Vi continues to allow this to happen." For the first time, I can feel my lips wanted to twitch into a smile. "I believe we will be. Never before has there been such a surge of outlanders. I believe that is purposeful, that the Voice has a plan for you. I do believe we shall see the barrier fall in your lifetimes."