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‘Technically, there’s been some variation there, thanks to all the different languages that have arisen over the years, but by and large, yes, the two big names have remained the same. And that’s because of us reapers, I think. We’re not ones to let well-known names go to waste, especially when we see an opportunity to gain power and followers from them.’

“Still. You’d think some would try to branch off and establish their own groups, without all the baggage that comes with the old names, right?”

‘Oh, of course. That’s happened many times, too. And sometimes, those groups grow to be even larger than the Vanguard or Abolish for a while. We’re just in a period of history right now where that is not currently the case. At the moment, the old names are the strongest again.’

“I see...”

‘In any case, we’ve been here for a while now. We should probably head back to Warrenhold before the world explodes again.’

“You didn’t hear my phone going off while I was out, did you?”

‘No. Everything should still be fine.’

Hector took a small breath. “That’s good, at least. Are you sure there isn’t anything else you want to do while we’re here? What about the that mirror?”

‘Well, if you’ve changed your mind about breaking it, then I say we should take a chunk of it back with us. Otherwise, I don’t see what else there is to accomplish here, right now. Unless, perhaps, you discovered some way to activate the Gate’s teleportation capabilities while you were out and have neglected to mention it thus far.’

At that, Hector opened his mouth and hesitated. “Uh... a-actually...”

‘No. Hector, there’s no shot you learned something that important and forgot to tell me.’

“Hey, man, I was confused. And it’s not like I figured everything out. I just saw Rathmore using a Kag to activate the Gate. That’s all.”

‘Ooh. A Kag, eh? Interesting. Those are quite difficult to come by, in this day and age. And if there’s only one Kag in the entire world that fits the Gate, then finding it sounds... rather impossible.’

“Hmm. Yeah.”

‘But perhaps we could ask Abbas to make a new one for us.’

“Oh! You really think he could do that?”

‘Dunno. Worth asking, though. My understanding of Kags is admittedly a bit limited, but to my knowledge, they have quite a bit of variance to them, just like modern keys do.’

“Maybe even more so,” said Hector, thinking back on what he’d seen Rathmore do with it.