"So, awake at last, V'elen? I was wondering if you'd just simply given up. But, what you have done is utterly unforgivable. You've slaughtered your own kind, you've even<em>devoured</em>your companion, your ally! This one can barely even begin to comprehend out most basic tools, what makes you think it would be capable of aiding us? You've grown hard*, V'elen, and seeing hope where only deception lies."<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 6pt;">*going hard would be the crystalline Beyonder equivalent of a human going soft.</span>