"I knew it!" Corn said from the back seat of his own car, excited. He was holding open his laptop and he was skimming the files in the USB they have just got from the Mysterium Order in Oakland. They were on the way back from a trade.
The trade has been arranged by secure phone lines and in person meetings on open land about an hour's drive from Sacramento. Corn would give a nice package about the superstitions of Mesoamerican cultures and how they relate to the Lie and he would receive a USB stick with encrypted files on the Aether, Astrology and how it all combines together. Considering that Astrology could be considered Middle Eastern superstitions, and that Mesoamericans had their own tools for astronomy and explanation for the stars, it was not too far. The addition of how all these celestial bodies, scholar explanations and superstitions tie with the Aether would complete the picture in a way. A Win-win trade for all involved.
The Trade has gone off without any complications. They stopped at the appointed place, a sleepwalker was waiting for them, they could sense some magic probably from a mage that didn't want to show his face, they made the trade, they confirmed the contents of their respective USBs and they left.
Not even a minute on the way back, and Corn has left one of the Mystagogues with him take the wheel and jumped in the back of the car to start reading those sweet sweet files.
"I knew it!" he announced triumphantly to the others in the car. "There are proximi aligned with the Aether, after all. They don't all display the same powers and they are much more likely to awaken. But even if they don't, they do get some of the powers of the Aether through the proximity. And this is the tip of the iceberg here, lads. This is gold. Gold! This is not digging in a dozen books trying to make sense of what is the crazed imagination of a sleeper, what ties to low magic of the Fallen world and what indeed ties to the Supernal. These are highly distilized, proof-read articles, and some are as far back as the 17th century! Guru , that's the benefit of being in an order with a looooong tradition. "
Corn doesn't have any magic active on himself. He has given instructions to the person driving to avoid densely populated areas and use back streets - as the last thing Corn wants is for a mage to pick up their magic and investigate.
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Any other Mystagogue that wants to come in for the ride, is welcome.