[ That's a lot of information-- whether or not it's all useful or relevant doesn't matter right now. These are things Sai Ambrose hadn't decided to share with them, and Sai Jonathan is correct. It's better than an educated guess. And that last point, which Roland can't help catching his breath at, confirms it all for him. ]

Even this world is moving on.

[ The thought distracts him a moment, brings his forehead into a deep wrinkle. His own world was dying, the world of Jake, Eddie, and Susan too. It will be all worlds, before long, if he cannot find a way to save the Tower.

But that isn't why he's here. He came for information, to find out what had made this man dangerous enough to be sentenced to death. He really hadn't expected what he'd found.

It intrigues him all the same. ]

This power to compel others to speak what they think is the truth-- this isn't a spell you learned here in their library, is it? Tell me true once more, I beg.