"I see."  Perhaps, he realizes, it would be more useful to question the topic from another angle.  "Adnan, how is it that the Lion's Paw can simply lead us to the place we imagine?  Why do such places exist outside the Lion Gates?  Is there anything we cannot find, or that we cannot take away?"  At first Jacob wondered if this was all some sort of illusion, but the food and drink are clearly real enough.<br/><br/>It all seems too good to be true.  But most would say that about their lives anyway.