[miltonyorkcastle]

"Stolen from Fisterion. Has a nice ring to it, yes?"

Steel pauses, rubbing his metallic chin.

"Really, one of my greatest accomplishments, though as much as I'd like to take full credit for the event, I had many accomplices. Some of whom are here with us now, and some of whom are supposedly with the Cult, since it is with the Cult that the Tear is now believed to reside."

"And when Argali says this is the first small victory we've had, it's because we've been trying to determine the head of this Cult. In this one venture, not only did we discover a proposed name for the head, but we also ruled out the Deepening Dark as being the head, and for that matter, even being affiliated. Well, unless it's not actually the Cult that has the stolen Tear. But since we're still working under that assumption, asking us to bring the Tear to him more than likely means he doesn't have it, and is therefore not working with the Cult. Of course, he could actually know where it is, and simply wishes us to waste time chasing it to keep us from meddling in something else the Cult is doing, but let's hope he really is a faction outside the Cult's influence."