[ While she catches the inflection in his tone, she's not sure what it signifies; does he sound strained because they had to pull back the wall at all, in his world...? ]

Was it a strategic move, scaling the wall back? The scenario could have been same, for Havenwell. Either there was a decrease in power that led to the barrier unable to support a wider area, or tightening the integrity of the barrier under a smaller area made it stronger.

[ She's inclined to believe that it's more the former than the latter. ]

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...I would think their temples to be in the sky or atop a mountain. For the other, perhaps... beneath the ground.

[ --Are her guesses, anyway. The passage states the Crawling one and burrowing beneath the ground. The Winged One, however, could literally be up in the sky, or atop a mountain. Given the impressive technology she sees here, she wouldn't doubt that building a temple underground or somehow in the sky atop a platform would be beyond them.

Then again, she could be thinking of the passage too literally. It's difficult for her to say at this point. Those of her world would write a number of myths dedicated to their god and what he did, but very little, if anything of it, was the truth. What of the passages here?

It's all they have to go by, unfortunately. Their best leads. ]