“How did you open one of our locks?” “Concentrated beam of Investiture,” he said. “Focused in the right way, with increasing vibrations that overload and reset the mechanism. We call this device, this weapon, the Intensifier. It takes an unholy amount of power—but also quite a bit of finesse, as the goal mustn’t be to engage the lock’s protections. You must instead flood it with so much power that it’s oversaturated. Ancient draconic devices are fascinating, but cannot keep pace with modern technology.”
