Nial sets aside his predominant research with a sigh. "When will the light come to me? I may never find a way to defeat Jager. I need to distract myself."
Turning to a small pile of other scrolls, he opens his summary of notes concerning the destruction of OA. "Something doesn't fit here. If all of the lanterns were dead, but OA continued to float, there was another source of power. Let's see what we can puzzle out..." He engrosses himself in a different puzzle with strange implications. He is only beginning to realize there is a deeper story behind the power of OA.
After an hour or so of calculations, drawings, and new notes, he thinks he might have an idea, but he will need to confer with someone more knowledgeable in the nature of magical rifts. Reaching in his pouch to check on his funds for food and drink, something different from the rest of the coins catches his attention. "I wonder..."
