Tyris's kindness had generated countless monsters like Balkor and Arthan. Silverwing's teachings had allowed forbidden magic to improve by leaps and bounds, culminating in the mass production of slave collars.
No matter how good the intentions of its maker, magic was just a tool and people would always find a way to abuse it.
Feeling Solus's emotional turmoil, Lith gave up on making her reason and focused on the arrays, studying them one at a time. Luckily, Kolga's magic had been developed from Menadion's teachings and the isolation limited their progress.
Once he made sure that there was no alarm based on the race of the imprinter, Lith made the house his own. Once inside, he searched the place for anything that might give him clues about his alias' name or personality.
