Originally Posted by Demothios
In regards to your theory, Ethel mentions that the tadpole
has been tampered with using shadow magic
(not sure if this needs spoiler tag, just adding it in case). Is this then part of the original box/Gith's plan and function, or are we talking about someone tampering with both tadpole AND the box?

Omeluum will also talk a bit about the magic keeping the tadpole in check, though I think he just calls it “strange”.

I don’t have a good theory of where it comes from, though the box is one possibility. I’m not sure what that would imply about the box’s nature.

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