[ jolene says terrifying and yennefer considers, almost abruptly, what it must feel like to be in her position. to want to understand, to want to use this unbelievably powerful source of chaos and magic, and be unable to get close to it. to be unable to really understand it beyond the pages of a book only a man like ambrose can read. ]

There is always the more...zealous option. [ yennefer offers. ] That they believe the Singularity is a conscious being on its own, and they are...worshiping it, rather than seeking a means to use it or get rid of it. [ there is a second of thought here, before yennefer shrugs. ] It's taken much less than a powerful source of chaos to drive men to believe they are tools of the gods.

[ it's obvious by the casual way that yennefer speaks that she gives very little credence, or even respect, to the idea that someone could believe they are working in the interest of the singularity. but it is an option to consider. ]

If they've found ways to siphon and control more of that power from the Singularity through themselves, it's also possible they don't need a dozen mages to perform that feat. Perhaps just two. [ but that also brings up an entirely different idea that yennefer has only just been able to touch on, herself. she'll wait, to bring that up, she thinks - turning back to the conversation at hand. ] I assume you've already started an investigation into those who were present at the...what was it? An execution? [ yennefer had been down in the dungeons, during this. hadn't been permitted up and therefore hadn't actually paid much mind to the event itself. not until the portals appeared. not until she had her magic back. ]