the mage tracks down the elusive servant of the spirit of the machine to ask it the most important question:

The mage is seated on purple. She just asked the most important question.

A machine-satyr stands on her leg. They are looking at each other.

The satyr is tiny. A wire runs from its back off-screen, obstructing the speech bubble that follows:

Satyr: "A king asked me the very same a loooooong time ago. I told him. He went on to turn himself into a circuit. I like you - I'll tell you this instead - some things are not worth knowing."