We’ve identified additional records documenting the effects of processed lyrium on Rifters, including records from an ordeal that occurred before either of our arrivals wherein Rifters who had never been knowingly exposed to lyrium were stricken down with what appeared to be a lyrium deficiency.

[ Dickerson chimes in where he can hammer a block of text in between questions, still standing across the room with notes in hand. ]

Processed lyrium was administered to Rifters as a cure with minimal complication. But so far as I can tell, there’s never been any attempt made to introduce a Rifter to lyrium in its natural state.