Quote Originally Posted by vormela View Post
Why shouldn't we be wondering? It's divisive enough to ask whether the originals are dead-dead. Wouldn't it be kind of weird if we got all those cryptic messages and didn't use them? They gave us vague insight into the thought process of each member, but all we really did with the stones was make baby Elidibus cry.

Maybe it will be our having read them that turns out to be more important than their ability to instill memories in the seat holders' minds. Hmm.
To clarify what I mean, the fact we disposed of Elidibus and the crystals has never been even off-handedly discussed as a thing that may not be permanent, and it's been two-and-a-half patches since then--all three of those patches including at least one Ascian in a starring role (5.4 including either two or three, depending on how you count Loghrif). They've had ample opportunity to discuss that subject, and they haven't--especially notable around Fandaniel, since a huge part of his current motivation is that everyone above him in the organization is dead. Which reads to me as 'that's done, let's move on'. Which is fine; it's not feasible to just keep leaving that stuff open.

I absolutely think the crystals will come up again, but not in a 'we got these back, it's Ascian Time again' way; you're right that the fact we know about and listened to them is more important than what they were capable of. After all, they want to close the book on the Ascians, bringing back the crystals after they were very plausibly disposed of is kinda just the writers making more work for themselves.