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{{Infobox_character
|name=Dictum
|species=[[The Minds|Mind]]
|status=<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="Show Spoiler" data-collapsetext="Hide Spoiler">Alive</div>
|affiliation=*[[The Minds]]
*[[Bodies of Fellden]]
|occupation=*Guide of Selphid-kind
*Medical researcher
|residence=Gathering Citadel
|first appearance=[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/11/14/8-51-d/ Chapter 8.51 D]|aliases=The Third Mind}}

The '''Third Mind''', referred to as '''Dictum''', is one of the leaders of the [[Selphids]], and is tasked with investigating the Wasting.

==Appearance==
As a Mind, it looks like a vaguely rotund mass of bodyless Selphids.

==Personality==
The Third Mind is clinical and speaks in a collective, royal 'we'. It sees itself as superior to ordinary Selphids. It is willing to do whatever it feels is necessary to cure the Wasting and save its people. It has no reluctance manipulating the thoughts of a non-selphid like Geneva to further its ends. The Second Mind views them as insular and selfish, and it views the Second Mind as divergent.<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/11/14/8-51-d/ Chapter 8.51 D]</ref>

===Component Selphids===

*Yeque
*Bethi

==Background==
The Third Mind was created with the express intent of researching the Wasting disease.<ref name=":0" /> It took in tens of thousands of Selphids who had encountered the Wasting or seen its effects and tried to stop it.<ref name=":1">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/10/30/9-22-gn/ Chapter 9.22 GN]</ref>

==Chronology==
[[File:In Geneva's Mind by LeChatDemon.jpg|thumb|In Geneva's Mind by [[Fanworks/Demonic Criminal|LeChatDemon]]]]
The Third Mind convinced most of the other Minds to abduct [[Geneva Scala]] instead of letting her leave [[Baleros]] to treat [[Erin Solstice]]. Then, it connected with Geneva's mind and used her knowledge and thought process to study the Wasting. However, with lessons from the [[Second Mind]], she learned to resist its intrusions and regained her mental autonomy.<ref name=":0" />

==Powers and Abilities==
As a Mind, it can use telepathy and telekinesis. It can create a mindscape to visualise information, and call upon the experiences and memories of its component individuals. It can manipulate the thoughts of those it connects with. It can also cast magic.<ref name=":0" />

==Trivia==

* It has tried over 24,316 different alchemical creations on volunteers in its efforts to cure the Wasting.<ref name=":1" />

==References==
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[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Selphids]]
[[Category:Minds]]
[[Category:Baleros]]
[[Category:Deceased]]