Speak with the Illuminated Archivist

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Upon the request of the Righteous Drover, he will wait here for you to return, that he might record your revelations.

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The Illuminated Archivist's skin is crowded with tattoos. […]

He pauses, and offers you a weary grin. "As for why you: you have been before, and survived. We have not. And," he licks a needle, "I am very old."

Description summary:
The first paragraph varies based on Immanence.

Immanence	Paragraph
1, 4	"We have been bidden to stay, and guard the icons." He mixes inks and prepares needles. "It is clear the Keepers are not fit for their duty. We must know how the Apocrypha fare, that we may aid the Immanent's works."
2	"We remain, to watch over the Immanent and pray for his emergence." His voice is slow and sad. Word has spread [...] of the Immanent's subtraction in irrigo. "He may collect himself. He may come again. The icons of the Apocrypha will tell us when."
3	"The Immanent has struck the world! We await now the resolution of his promise: the moment in which all will commingle." He mixes inks and prepares needles. "The teachings say that the icons of the Apocrypha know when this will be."

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