[God Quest] but above ground the stars keep their secrets

Looking to the bard, Safrin considered the question gently. "Their potentiality tainted them, perhaps you might say." She replied after a moment, frowning. "Their powers grew. The Acquired that were once are not like the friends and family you have here. They are so much stronger now than ever they were." The goddess frowned. "I'm not entirely sure. If she did on some sort of global scale, I am not aware of it. Though, I suppose that would be the point. Turning them all mindless would do her no good. Planting the idea that her will was what should be followed anyways? Continuing the illusion and making us all believe it?" Safrin shrugged. She didn't know. With a much warmer smile directed towards Amalia, for her question was much easier to answer, the deity nodded. "I am rather fond of knowledge and those who seek it. If I can, I will gladly answer what more you wish to know." Safrin replied, her smile wide beneath painted lips as she looked from the two humans, down to the sleeping gryphonlet. "Ah." Safrin said, closing her eyes and humming a note. Lily and Seiji would suddenly find themselves at the entrance of the cave accompanied by their star-guide. Hopefully its continued appearance would reassure them that the sudden teleportation was intentional. "They are back where you started, unharmed." The deity said, before looking up to the stars. "Take what you have learned and read more. When the time is right, we will speak again." The pair (and Isuma) would feel heightened, refresh, and confident suddenly in their future ventures. At least where lore-seeking was concerned. Safrin ebbed away into a galactic stillness that seemed to simply swallow her up into the night. Safrin