"It was a little unwise to use the rune like that without knowing who it was to, but I do understand, I had the urge myself." It is difficult when it was just sitting there begging to be investigated. He's a very curious person himself. But he has a strong sense of caution too. At the time, Istredd was hoping she might recognize it to a specific god in case they knew who they were dealing with. But he has lamented more than once that he has no access to the gods from Thorne. By now he likely would have tried to summon one himself just to see what it was like.

"I see, well eating an unknown substance is preferable to suffocating, so I'm glad it turned out safe. Although it did seem to leave a glow about her." At the time Istredd was very distraught and also covered in it himself as he desperately dug her out of it. "Lucifer very unhelpfully was simply watching us struggle, so I threw some of it in his face." His partner is a wildcard. Geralt was there too. They were both annoying.

"You know one another from your sphere? It is interesting how some spheres have many here, and some have only one." He knows Urianger is also from Thancred's sphere.