"Can you check what's happening in the upper Dreamscape from here too?"
Argenti looked curiously at his fellow knight beside him. By now, he had largely come to believe the other man's theory.
"Normally, no. More precisely, it's very difficult. But I happen to have a solution," Tir Anders said.
"In fact, what really convinced me that the authority to copy the Dreamscape might be related to Beauty was the passage we crossed earlier, the one connecting the two Dreamscapes.
"You said that path was opened by THEIR weapon to welcome THEM, correct? And THEY have personally opened a doorway between Dreamscapes before.
"I believe powers from the same source can influence each other most easily. As for how exactly that works, a simple test should tell us."
With that, Tir Anders fell silent.
Argenti watched him. He knew his fellow knight was preparing to use the fragment inside his chest.
So Argenti did not interrupt as Tir Anders attempted to open a route and connect to the surveillance devices he had left in the Dreamscape.
Dreamscape depth: Dawn.
Morning Dew Mansion, reception room.
A black speck suddenly grew in the corner of a ceiling beam. It soon became the size of a button, then wobbled and dropped down.
It lay flat on a ledge, hidden in the shadows behind a pillar. A faint blue light bloomed on the button-sized black speck, allowing a watching eye to take in the lavish decorations and architecture inside the Morning Dew Mansion.
A few seconds later, the black speck rocked gently. Several tiny jointed legs extended from the edges of its body and propped it up, making it resemble a strange spider.
It gave its body a little shake, then clung to the wall and crawled around to the other side of