>>5903777“There is a need for some form of… INdirect interference,” Mithel admits. “Only to counterbalance and offset the suspected interference by the forces of Darkness. As such, those apparatuses devoted to amplifying and directing precognitive abilities of Earthly seers are being given additional attention, and divine wisdom is being passed down from on-high. Are you familiar with something called the Akashic Record?”
You shake your head.
“It’s like… A sort of recording of information gathered by our kindred on Earth, actively or passively by their presence. From that, we can see what has occurred, and using that information and other data we have gathered from above and on the ground, we can make predictions about what WILL happen. These are often hazy, imprecise, but—”
“Divination,” you interrupt. “You’re talking about divination magic. You have magical devices up here that… What, make elven seers better at divination?”
Mithel nods.
“We normally limit the clarity of images because of the risk of a feedback loop where predictions inform current behaviours and become self-fulfilling. There are… Dilemmas where this is involved. It could lead to mechanistic, deterministic outcomes, degradation of what you Earthlings call ‘free will’. But unde rteh circumstances…”
You frown.
“What have the seers seen?” you ask. “That’s what you’re not saying. That’s what you’re troubled by.”
“You are very perceptive,” Mithel notes, frowning back.
“Tell me,” you insist.
He sighs softly.
“There is a… Tangle, in the weave of fate. We are attempting to untangle it—others, above and beyond my abilities are doing so, I mean. I do not know the details. But…”
“But?”
He meets your eyes seriously, and answers: “The Gods are afraid.”
