Meditations of Ashra the Puzzlesolver

The meditations of Ashra the Puzzlesolver, retrieved from an uncertain source some centuries after the events of Eon. Widely attributed to a side effect of staring into the unblinking eye of infinity, and painstakingly kept secret from the party. The form is sometimes loose, almost poetic, an uncharacteristic artistic flair for Illithids, and further evidence that Ashra's experience in The Hall of Many Things paired with extended lack of contact with a Mother Brain lead to distinct oddities within the Favored Child. 
==The First Meditation==
"A conspiracy invariably requires the use of pawns.
What would be the pawns of the ultimate conspiracy?
Other conspiracies.
Such things do Illithids dream of."
==The Seventeenth Meditation==
"What are prudence and wisdom? One who hesitates and displays caution is called wise, yet often is not the one to seize the final reward. If many tales end in a victory which is called 'against all odds,' surely in time the odds favor such a victory. 
Observation, planning, and caution -- likely these are the tools of wise self-preservation. But should a time come when victory is attainable only through great risk, the incautious route which offers a chance may nevertheless be called the 'prudent' one."
==The Twenty-Third Meditation==
"It is fortunate for the wretched thrall races that they find us so repulsive. Would that we had the 'beauty' of the humans, the 'grace' of the elves. The fools see only the surface, and there perhaps have we miscalculated. Would that we put more emphasis on appealing at this utterly shallow level, we would not even need to expend energy controlling these thralls, they would throw themselves willingly at our feet.
That said, the lack of tentacles would make brain extraction unnecessarily difficult, and once again the wisdom of evolution shines through."
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