I wish there was a way to know how it works - it might be that I could use the state itself as a trigger, if I just knew what to have the spell look for.

No one knows how the Enemy's mind-control works, or we'd be able to do more to counteract it.

Yeah. My mage-sense would be enough to get some idea, but I'd have to see someone like that, and preferably beforehand to compare.

...might be able to find that. There are other escapees of Angband.

I mentioned that'd help, but I'm not sure they're taking it seriously enough to put in the effort. I'll bring it up again next time I'm there.

Why wouldn't they take it seriously?

They don't think it's actually possible you're dangerous that way. I told them we should trust your judgement on it, and they agreed enough to help, but they still aren't taking it as seriously as if they really believed it.

I should talk with him.

All right.

I really should go get Findekáno soon, she says as she sets the viewing rock up to show the workroom.

Okay. Good skill.

She nods. I can set this up now, it'll just be a little while before I'll get back to deactivate it. Up to you.

That's fine.

She wants to hug him. He can probably tell from her body language even though she's pretty reliable about private thoughts now.

She activates the light portal and then swings back through the work room - your sibling wants to talk to you; portal; gotta go - and then to Findekáno's camp.

Hey! Ready to go acquire magic?

Mmhmm. She offers her hand.

Sorry I'm late, it was a bit of a rough morning.

What happened?

The way Maitimo'd been talking about Angband escapees being violent sometimes, I thought there was a way to know whether we'd have that problem.

If there were a way to tell then it wouldn't really be a problem.

Yeah.

We're trying to come up with a solution, but with this little information I'm not sure there's a good one. Good enough to let them go home, yeah, but not good.

It doesn't make any sense to me that it'd happen to Maitimo. The Enemy doesn't have actual mind control or the war'd look different, so it's got to be something else.

Nod. They said that, that it's just lashing out rather than anything smart. But that's still dangerous, especially if they're going to be around important people.

But just lashing out means - there's got to be some trigger, and Maitimo just wouldn't - I really am prepared to bet it's not a problem.

So're their siblings, but they aren't. And I'm not really willing to argue with them about it.

Okay. So what does he want done to be sure?

We're trying to come up with a way to stop them from being dangerous even if it does happen. And I have an idea that'll definitely work but is kind of horrible, and their siblings had one that's riskier but less horrible, and they're trying to talk their siblings into finding other Angband survivors who're at risk of that so I can maybe learn how to use the violent state itself as a trigger on a spell.