| abstract | - A method devised by the D'ni people that involved tampering with linking books and trap or imprison unwanted persons. The procedure involved subtly altering key lines of text of a linking book, not altering itself but rather partially severing its connection. The changes needed are so slight that anyone unfamiliar would overlook them. The Gateway Image would look proper, however anyone who would use such book, would be permanently trapped in the dark void of the Link. However if someone else use the Book, they would switch places, thus freeing the former prisoner (but at the cost of trapping oneself). Atrus discovered that technique during a hunting expedition through the ruins of D'ni City with Gehn. He found a formula but as he feared that Gehn would confiscate once more his discoveries, he decided to leave the document behind. Years later, however, wishing to find a way to safeguard the Myst Library from greedy explorers, he managed to recall most of the formula, and recovered it with little experimentation.
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