:Related to Valdemar's leadership and direction, I suspect. Some future decision that will be less fraught, if we have already done this: 

:Could be the difficult and fraught parts are all upfront. Getting this introduced in Haven is going to be a whole thing: 

:Yeah. Is there a good way to contact the Shadowgod for updates or just new attempts at understanding this - through you or on our own?:

:I am not sure the Shadowgod will answer even me on every attempt, if They do not wish to. You could always try praying: 

:But do you have any reason to think that will work at all?:

:The Shadowgod said They are watching you and Leareth carefully, because you are key to some future events. That being said, They clearly prefer not to communicate with mortals at all: 

:Well, that's... rude but may be explained by technical limitations, I guess. Will Amshalan have luck more like mine or yours?:

:I expect - somewhere in the middle, but she might benefit from Their paying close attention to you. The Companions are - less frustrating for Them to speak to, I think: 

A pause. 

:It was also conveyed to me that the Shadow-Lover is the one component of Them built for speaking with mortals. He is very fixed in purpose and cannot answer prayers, only speak to dying souls. Apparently Vanyel has had conversations in this manner before, though: 

:Wow okay. If I forget that please tell me when we come out of this

- Leareth do you remember being dead at all:

:...Interesting. Not usually, but - I do here. I think that I am outside of the Shadow-Lover's jurisdiction, however, since my spirit is hidden from the access of any gods. I remember a fragment of - watching, waiting, being very impatient: 

:Hm. Doesn't sound related but good to know:

:Any other questions?: Rolan's mindvoice is starting to sound a little tired. 

:I can't think of anything else right now. Thank you:

And they are quite suddenly back in the field. 

- Everything feels sort of distant and fake and floaty, like they aren't quite really there. 

Leareth grimaces a little and shakes his head, trying to clear it. :Belrun? How much do you remember?: 

:Ugh. Uh. There was something about Vanyel I thought was important. Maybe more than one thing about Vanyel? And the Heartstone is as big as I think it is but it looks smaller?:

:Vanyel has had conversations with the Shadow-Lover before? Was that it?: He drags a hand over his face, grimacing again. :We should go in and take notes. Ugh. My head feels weird: 

:Yeah - Rolan, Amshalan, you probably remember more than us -: She writes "Vanyel & Shadow-Lover" in her notebook.

:Heartstone was related to Vanyel, Rolan thought, but we didn't know how: 

:There was an image of Vanyel up north in your lab and you thought this was odd: 

:That does seem odd. I guess I can try bringing him in and telling him what I'm working on, see if that makes anything fall out: She writes that down too.

:Hmm, what else. We think the weird bendy path is making you Queen and it's more complicated in the short run than insisting on keeping Randi, but solves some problem down the road. Still not sure I'm interpreting right, but there's something...: It's her turn to shake her head, grumpily. :It's so vague, it keeps trying to slip out of my head. There was an image of you with Leareth and a crowd - maybe accepting the crown? And Shavri, upset, I don't know if that was related: 

:She hasn't seemed upset about getting Randi off the throne... maybe he dies? We're expecting that:

:Maybe. I don't know: Amshalan tosses her head. :Gods. Seems horribly unfair, he's so young. But - I guess I understand why he doesn't want to spend the last few years of his life ruling a country and having his life not belong to him. I don't think he ever really wanted to be King in the first place: 

:Yeah. "Randi is dying and Shavri is sad" seems too predictable to bother with but maybe gods don't know what we find predictable?: She writes it down anyway.