‘None of them reacted to the false storm phenomena.’
‘What! Then I do not understand, Annalist, why we are having this conversation.’
‘My lady! Just as he despaired, a true storm approached. His testing cells erupted in cacophony. All of the subjects reacted to the true storm.’
‘Ah. I see.’ The Regent walked to the railing, peered over the edge, and turned back, keeping her distance from the colonnade. ‘If you please, Annalist, what were his conclusions?’
‘My lady, their responses to the approach of a true event were a kind of mass hysteria. He spent the entirety of his allotted time studying this. No false phenomena elicited any reaction, though some of the subjects began to show fear. A true storm would effect a response, but such a response always began in one cell and was then take
