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Knowledge is power, they say.
My fingers ran along the edges of the Unbroken Circle of Zerthimon. I knew
there was something hidden there, something more. It couldn't just end
there with the Sixth Circle, which had divided both the Gith people and
Dak'kon's spirit. There had to be-
As I examined the rings of the Second Circle, I found a strange link in the
plate that mentioned the laboring of the Gith people to achieve the Rising. A
new circle emerged from the link, and I unlocked it, pulling the plate forth
for study...
"Know that the Rising of the People against the illithid was a thing built upon
many turnings. Many were the People who lived and died under time's
blade while the Rising was shaped."
"The Rising was shaped upon a slow foundation. Steel was gathered so that
it might mark illithid flesh. A means of knowing the movements of the
illithids was established, at first weak and confused, then stronger, like a
child finding its voice. When the movements were known, then the illithids
were observed. In observing them, their ways of the mind were known."
"When the ways of the illithid were known, many of the People were
gathered and taught in secret the means to shield their minds, and the way
to harness their will as weapons. They were taught the scripture of steel,
and most importantly, they were given the knowing of freedom."
"These things were not learned quickly. The knowing of much of the ways
was slow, and in all these things, time's weight fell upon all. From the
knowing of one's reflection in a steel blade, to the knowing of submerging
the will, to the knowing of seeing itself. All of these things and more the
People built upon. In time, they came to know the whole."
I paused, not knowing what to say or do, but closed the plates shut. I stared
at the city below from my balcony, and waited until Dak'kon returned from
the baths, snapping me out of my reverie.
"I need to talk to you about your teachings, Dak'kon."
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