Jashah listens intently to what he says, deciding to address the point he raised, before addressing her original point. "Let me see if I have my facts right... you met one of the... shards, you've called them, the blackguard... and you said he 'unlocked' something for you. If I'm correct, this was before you had the first actual contact with the... with V'elen, am I correct? From what little information we have on the marilith, of that is the best interpretation, then she has a much deeper connection with her... 'passenger', but the lack of willingness to 'open the door' means that she is still in control, to some degree. Were that 'door' to open, they would likely become one, and I do not suspect that the marilith would survive the merger."<br/><br/>"Now, as to the dreams, and the lack of prophecy... have you considered that the dreams, themselves, are prophetic? I very much doubt they're intended to be taken literally, but, from a figurative sense, they have much to say, I imagine. I am no expert in dreams, myself, but... the second, for instance, might refer to those very locks, a vision that opening them, that 'waking up' might bring about a cataclysm of sorts. The third... I'm not certain, but perhaps it refers more literally to something in your own future? The rest... I could only speculate. I might suggest locating an expert on dream analysis... some of my kin have some experience in it, but we often seek to treat the source of the problem that the dream represents, as opposed to the message within the dream."