[ Anders shrugs, closing the book but not putting it back - perhaps he'll hang on to this one, even if he knows it all by heart, by now. ]

If you're expecting me to explain that, I'm at a loss as much as you are. Perhaps there's some link to the Fade here? It certainly would explain all this rampant, unrestrained magic.

...And the way these islands all seem to want to pull us apart, one piece at a time.