The Akasha terminal was...how do I explain this...
[He hums a little, while he thinks.] The Akasha was the repository of all the collated knowledge of everyone in Sumeru. Anything someone learned or thought was recorded, and could be searched up instantly, via a terminal in the ear. It collected our dreams in order to gather this wisdom, and so adults in Sumeru stopped dreaming, for five hundred years.
It was the invention of Lord Kusanali, our archon, before she was diminished and sealed away, and it was her who decided to shut it down and return dreams to the people of Sumeru. The Akasha had become a tool in the Sages oppression of the people, over time, and she believes that there is no singular path to wisdom...thus, the Akasha was not infallible.
Beg pardon... Did I hear you say that your people didn't dream for five hundred years? You realize how unhealthy that must be? That is... Rather difficult to parse.
Well, no, I don't, because I've only had dreams for three months prior to coming here.
[Kaveh do not sass this cat.]
I should clarify, our bodies still ...went through the natural processes of rest and repair as any other soul on Teyvat. But the energy and wisdom produced through our dreams was harvested and used to power the Akasha. The human mind's raw computational power, especially while unconscious, is unparalleled.
[He pauses.] Now, I don't think it was ethical or healthy, the way we came to rely on the Akasha. But Lord Kusanali created it to guide her people while she was so diminished...the Calamity weakened her so much it was as though she died and was reborn as a child. And the sages then...disregarded her, imprisoned her, and turned the Akasha and it's powers to their own ends.
It didn't, for them. We were lucky more people weren't hurt...or killed. But Lord Kusanali is freed, the Akasha is dissolved, and now it's on us to chart a new course for our nation.
She wants us all to be a part of it, the people of the desert and the people of the rainforests both. At least, that's what Alhaitham said she wanted. It seems to be bearing true.
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[He hums a little, while he thinks.] The Akasha was the repository of all the collated knowledge of everyone in Sumeru. Anything someone learned or thought was recorded, and could be searched up instantly, via a terminal in the ear. It collected our dreams in order to gather this wisdom, and so adults in Sumeru stopped dreaming, for five hundred years.
It was the invention of Lord Kusanali, our archon, before she was diminished and sealed away, and it was her who decided to shut it down and return dreams to the people of Sumeru. The Akasha had become a tool in the Sages oppression of the people, over time, and she believes that there is no singular path to wisdom...thus, the Akasha was not infallible.
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[Kaveh do not sass this cat.]
I should clarify, our bodies still ...went through the natural processes of rest and repair as any other soul on Teyvat. But the energy and wisdom produced through our dreams was harvested and used to power the Akasha. The human mind's raw computational power, especially while unconscious, is unparalleled.
[He pauses.] Now, I don't think it was ethical or healthy, the way we came to rely on the Akasha. But Lord Kusanali created it to guide her people while she was so diminished...the Calamity weakened her so much it was as though she died and was reborn as a child. And the sages then...disregarded her, imprisoned her, and turned the Akasha and it's powers to their own ends.
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It never ends well. For anyone.
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She wants us all to be a part of it, the people of the desert and the people of the rainforests both. At least, that's what Alhaitham said she wanted. It seems to be bearing true.