Beats me. I didn't get the chance to talk to them.

[ Which is a bit of a pain, all things considered, because he'd at least like them to be able to consolidate their findings somehow. Maybe he should start prodding the guy some more. As it is, it seems like he's stuck bringing those back to Verdoni himself... though do that enough and it might be motivation for him to find somebody else to hoist him off onto, right?

If the core isn't retrieved though... well, he's only taking a guess, but ]

Those distortions aren't going to get better being left alone, are they? They'll grow—keep changing the environment.

[ Returning to his horse's side, Levi digs into the pack he carries. He comes up with a journal, which he's been crudely mapping the area out on a page of. Opening it to that, he frowns at his own scrawl. ]

How about this place? Without asking someone who knows the history, I couldn't tell if you it's already changed.