[Kell's book on enchantments still serves Viktor well--with the braerium alloy he uses, he's been able to invent and market all kinds of gear and tools, giving him a one-up on many of the inventors here.
Viktor pauses, briefly, to deposit a spoonful of sugar in his tea and consider the question.]
They weren't making their own portals, is the difference. The Singularity was doing it for them, so it makes sense that it could bypass--or overpower--whatever it liked. As far as I could tell, the locations of the rifts were random.
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[Kell's book on enchantments still serves Viktor well--with the braerium alloy he uses, he's been able to invent and market all kinds of gear and tools, giving him a one-up on many of the inventors here.
Viktor pauses, briefly, to deposit a spoonful of sugar in his tea and consider the question.]
They weren't making their own portals, is the difference. The Singularity was doing it for them, so it makes sense that it could bypass--or overpower--whatever it liked. As far as I could tell, the locations of the rifts were random.