"A question I am quite glad to have unanswered, as someone who was alive to see what became of Khaenri'ah." There's, perhaps, a slight warning note there - one fails to take the Heavenly Principles seriously at their peril.

Rather than answering the implication - it is and isn't correct; the Oratrice was the conduit of the people's belief to the Gnosis, growing its power into something that could fell the Throne, but the physical device did not contain it - Neuvillette raises his eyebrows and says, "Forgive me, but from my perspective, this is quite the sudden interest. What business have you with the Gnosis?"