Greta dreamed of the "Sorceresses Supreme." She knew who they were. From the moment Inanna had mentioned them there was no question in her mind that they were the Chinese woman and Arab woman that she and Jean had seen in those odd memory flashes.
The Chinese woman spoke first. "Are you ready to give up the ring?"
"Why would I give up the ring?"
"Do you really want full and complete responsibility for the state of the world for the rest of your life? Do you want to become addicted to power? Do you want to always wonder at the back of your mind if Jean is just staying with you because she's afraid of what you'll do to her if she tries to leave? Don't you miss being an ordinary mortal?" said the Arab woman.
"You've done your part to make the world a better place. A beautiful, feminine place with many of its problems solved. But now the new humanity needs to show what it can do free from hidden mistresses." added the Chinese.
"But I can't give up the ring. It's impossible."
"There are ways" said the Arab woman. "If you consent, we can lift the burden from you easily. And the power will not stay with us, if that's what you're worried about. It will go back to the goddess who was its original creator. Use the ring to know if we speak the truth."
Greta knew that the Sorceresses spoke truth. An image of Gollum floated before her mind. She called the ring "the Precious" as a joke, but it didn't seem all that funny.