Editing Second Restoration of D'ni (section)

== Abandonment ==
=== Phil's death and Dr. Watson ===
Over the several weeks following his return, Phil's behavior became increasingly erratic. He repeatedly ignored the DRC's warnings about venturing into unsafe and incompletely-restored areas. Eventually the DRC locked him inside the [[Private Room]] in [[Kirel]] for his own safety, but the explorer community saw it as a kidnapping and demanded his release. After several days, the DRC acquiesced, and released Phil with yet another warning not to explore dangerous places. Less than a week later, Phil was nonetheless seen exploring an area of the still-unreleased [[Guild Hall]] on Ae'gura. He was communicating with explorers—who begged him to return to a safe area—when a wall collapsed on him. Smoke could be seen rising from the Guild Hall, and his [[KI]] signal vanished.

The DRC immediately closed Ae'gura and redirected all efforts to excavating the site of the collapse. They found a smashed KI, but no sign of his body. The DRC concluded that Phil had died in the collapse. Sharper blamed himself for having Phil leave his Relto Book in the spy room, while Dr. Watson was inconsolable that yet another person had died on what he felt was his watch. He left the cavern shortly after the DRC concluded that Phil was dead.

=== Loss of funding ===
By February of [[2004 CE|2004]], Dr. Watson had yet to return, and the DRC's funding from UbiSoft had been cut off. On [[February 7]]th, Dr. [[Ikuro Kodama]] announced on the DRC's website that in light of these facts, the restoration was canceled. Within a week, all access to the cavern was removed, and the DRC abandoned their efforts.