You misunderstand me, ( courteously, ) I do not refer to papers held by Mssr Vedici or Artemaeus, but acquired elsewhere from fallen Venatori agents. During my tenure in the research division, I acquired permission to use Mssr Vedici as a tool in spell that allowed me to acquire his knowledge of Tevene, and subsequently continued my private work on translations.

And it is that private research that leads me to such a conclusion. Somniari are rare, and rarer still for them to survive to adulthood - were I a Venatori, why should I seek out an adult mage who must, by nature, have become formidable in order to survive? Would it not be more expedient to instead turn my attention to a child, easier to bend to my purpose?