Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5632187-20130119213241/@comment-16047389-20131104144533

Aftenshnoshnikr wrote: why does seathe keep it in such an open place for such a fragile crystal? he shoulda mixed it with cereal and eaten it or hide it inside of the walls or something. its like you got the very first copy of the dark souls book and you dont wanna read it or let anything damage it,

so you put it in the middle of a cafe on the floor where everyone has a tradition to messily spill the meals tha they eat

bottom line: its gonna happen. he left his crystal in a place anyone could touch it if they tried hard enough. The Crystal Cave is definately not out in the open where anyone can get at it. It's also crawling with his creations, including the Moonlight Buterflies. If he ate it, then he'd probably digest it and destroy it anyway, making it useless (or it might just cut up the inside of his stomach horribly).

There's also the matter of what if the crystal requires constant maintenance and care? If Seath needs to regularly adjust the crystal or energize it or something to keep it functional, then putting it inside a wall would mean he would have to dig it out and then put it back every time.