>"I assume Ice might be found with Fire, and Fire is fortunately easy to locate. I do wish we had some idea where Air was, however."
>"But in the meantime, there is another matter that I would like to see if we can resolve first - or at least gain greater knowledge of - and that is the darkness at the Shrine of the Metal Tiger. Without knowing its aims or its reach, but knowing that its perceptiveness is enough to give a god cause to shield our memories even from our own awareness... It is because of this that I have been especially reluctant to expand our circle beyond those I trust most, for fear that our identities might somehow filter back through them to those the Tiger was defending us against. Even if they do not mean to, these forces are subtle, and we cannot know for certain who might have been affected by them without looking into their hearts directly."
>"But I also fear that continuing to eschew potential allies might prove a dangerous flaw in the other confrontations we know are coming. I have the utmost faith in all of us to strive as far as we are able, but our adversaries are frightfully powerful and have just as much cause as ourselves to strive - perhaps even more, so desperate is their need to leave their world. I should not want to turn down whatever allies would join our cause, but until I feel we can do so in safety..."
>Let out a little sigh
>"I suppose just one supernatural darkness at a time was too much to ask for."
