"Maybe if we can finally convince them that they're feeding their problems instead of what they're trying to achieve," Lucifer says, "but that requires all three territories agreeing, and being at war," har whoops, "means they have little reason to agree to it. If Thorne stops Summoning, Free Cities will take the advantage--with the argument once more surely won't sunder the world--and who the hell knows what Solvunn is up to at any given time, stealthing around as they do, despite finally getting real attention on themselves."

Lucifer has said since the BEGINNING that there was no such thing as a neutral territory, after all.

"Or every time we change it." The Horizon is a thought, but the old gods have a layer somewhere, too. Maybe if they could combine the spaces...

Your stupid dirt, sorry, Istredd, it's not stupid, where's that stand? Istredd had already mentioned a soil sample, and he knows Istredd wouldn't have gone and not gotten any more dirt anyway. They can't get near the crater, especially if it's moving, so they have no way to verify. Is there some lie we can spin?

There's the reason why it's the first time Lucifer's been more words than emotional thought over the bond since Istredd got back. It's the whole reason Lucifer from the get-go pushed the form of communication, though he would never understand the extent of it, or what he was agreeing to at the time. Privacy, security, and never trusting Horizon Instant Messaging.

Use it and the tremors as some form of discouragement towards the Summoning ritual?