[Maridel cracks a small smile as Daylight brings out his notes. They came prepared. She listens closely as he lays out the history, nodding every so often, though her expression darkens as Daylight continues.]
What you've described sounds correct to me. I created the portals for research purposes, but I was too cavalier in my experimentation. The "something" you're referring to is likely the error I made to get us into this mess.
I mistakenly opened a portal into a dead world, one that was being consumed by the World Eaters. They saw me, and I can only assume that's what brought them knocking years later.
[She pauses to take a small sip of tea.]
The world starts to go well before they showed up. It takes time for a planet to die, evidently. The signs began as early as a year or two after the portal incident, but we didn't start to put the pieces together until about 1974, when the birthrates began to decline. A mass extinction began soon after, and then the light gradually faded...
I believe the World Eaters themselves descended in late 1978, though it's difficult to say for sure. By that time, I can only assume that the rest of the world has been eradicated, leaving those few of us in Beacon as the planet's sole inhabitants. We didn't see proof of them until 1979, likely in the event that you witnessed in the dream, Daylight. One had made its way across Lake Red Jacket, hunting us.
[She returns her teacup to its saucer, sighing heavily as she does. These are dark memories, and it shows in the crease of her brow.]
In any case, to answer your question: No, there are no questions I won't answer. I believe we're past the stage in our alliance in which it was beneficial to keep secrets from each other... though I can't promise I'll have all the answers.
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What you've described sounds correct to me. I created the portals for research purposes, but I was too cavalier in my experimentation. The "something" you're referring to is likely the error I made to get us into this mess.
I mistakenly opened a portal into a dead world, one that was being consumed by the World Eaters. They saw me, and I can only assume that's what brought them knocking years later.
[She pauses to take a small sip of tea.]
The world starts to go well before they showed up. It takes time for a planet to die, evidently. The signs began as early as a year or two after the portal incident, but we didn't start to put the pieces together until about 1974, when the birthrates began to decline. A mass extinction began soon after, and then the light gradually faded...
I believe the World Eaters themselves descended in late 1978, though it's difficult to say for sure. By that time, I can only assume that the rest of the world has been eradicated, leaving those few of us in Beacon as the planet's sole inhabitants. We didn't see proof of them until 1979, likely in the event that you witnessed in the dream, Daylight. One had made its way across Lake Red Jacket, hunting us.
[She returns her teacup to its saucer, sighing heavily as she does. These are dark memories, and it shows in the crease of her brow.]
In any case, to answer your question: No, there are no questions I won't answer. I believe we're past the stage in our alliance in which it was beneficial to keep secrets from each other... though I can't promise I'll have all the answers.