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Aidlis sizes up the chronicler.

A sharp one, this.

'"An...astute question.  And one whose answer is nuanced." '

He gestures towards the floating obelisks, each with different images. "All such gods, goddesses, angels, demons, spirits, and souls are part of the collective memory of mortalkind.  There are those whom have passed through the Crucible that have direct knowledge of such entities, and thus they, too, are kept here.  The power of the Crucible is that to those who know the secrets of its abilities, these memories can be made whole, and real, just as real as the time when they had more than a mnemonic form.  The power of the Crucible allows for such creation---and destruction, if the wielder should will it."

Victivius shifts his weight on his throne. "Thus, I am master of that which is created here through memory, and as such, I have the power to destroy it as well.  Should I will it, the goddess would live again.  But until I choose to do so, she does not exist in the material plane."