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With the Specular ready to travel, only one vital question remains: who will join you downriver toward the Ziggurat?

"A small group has the advantage of stealth," Control says. "We will face many threats on the way to the Ziggurat, and it would be best to avoid them." She clears her throat and says, "Especially given previous blunders."

"And then what?" Therko asks, glancing skeptically at you. "Against both Stralchus and the False Icon, we will need an army, and even that may not be enough."