[ Istredd will ignore that voice as long as he has to. It's a good thing he has it, because he can be very mule-headed and focused on what he wants to think, so if it does happen he'll grumble but be unsurprised. But he needs the Singularity for now. It gives him a purpose, something to thrive toward, and obsess around. An illusion of being able to control or understand something in this world.

Lucifer being right would be unfortunate on a few levels, and his gloating over it annoying, but if he's right, he's right. ]

Our presence helped bring those ingredients back to life and available. From there it was understanding dragon physiology and what was actually missing from them. I don't know that I trust it as a permanent stopgap. It may be inevitable.

[ A dire way of looking at it, but a logical one. They've been fading away as a species for over a thousand years. The hatchlings might make it but they won't be as hearty. That's why continuing a study of it might help. ]