New apprentice Finnian, tasked with kinetic dampening on toys, notices the manufactured items are losing their will to move and their aesthetic luster, exhibiting Intent Removal similar to the failures noted elsewhere. He teams up with Kip, who monitors the external light prisms, which are similarly inert. They discover that the cause is not a simple drain but an active conceptual consumption, evidenced by a patch of absolute blackness at the base of a prism pedestal that physically erases matter upon contact. This realization escalates the threat from simple failure to active erasure, forcing Finnian and Kip to seek help from those dealing with the foundational breaches, like the work done near the Frostworks Annex or the Grand Ribbon Loom, as the ceremonial lighting deadline approaches.