Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-68.45.229.57-20130720115140/@comment-3573184-20130904034219

Sky Above,Voice Within wrote: I was sure he had ultimate knowledge of what he was doing. He probably did, and was just talking more in metaphor. His communication with Auri-el most likely made him more versed on the Elder Scrolls then most.

In TES, it always hard to take what anyone says literally, given the magical nature of everything.