Leeman Kessler

Yes.

To be assigned the role of sorcerer after your period of enlightenment has ended is a great honor and a tremendous responsibility, but it is a somber one.

We are told, keep Ert within you.

And I have.

This creature that we have taken under our care...

It has been greatly victimized, tortured.

I believe that Fiona has as well, but Fiona has found a way to escape the victimization and have a life that I feel she is proud of.

But this creature will never escape.

It is condemned.

To create technology that would do this to another being.

It is the greatest of transgressions for us.

Yes, but they are not designed for individual conflict.

They're designed to overwhelm.

I believe if we ever faced them as a unified army, they would be unstoppable.

As I have said, I carry Ert within me.

I carry with me the core values of our people.

Knowledge, curiosity, respect.

Have you and your travels ever had to sacrifice your values for reasons you found to be important?

I've been able to avoid such compromises thus far.

I am.