agamid | sprace: guy

I did warn you that you needn't worry yourself.

What happened, Dion?

[ binch ]

[ SIGHS ]

It is an affliction in my world caused by the use of aether to create magic. It is... inevitable, and cannot be cured.

So do not worry too deeply.

So you did it to yourself to use magic? Or it was done to you?

[ :E ]

It is a consequence of my using magic, yes.

[ Idiot ]

[ but there's no heat in it ]

Is it going to get worse?

[ no ]

No, I have no access to magic here.

There's that, at least.

[ okay guy will get to work cleaning the actual wounds with antiseptic and rebandaging ]

Maybe there's something that can be done here, with this technology.

[ guy... what're you so wife for ]

I see little purpose. It will continue to progress once I return to Valisthea.

[ he's a servant leave him be ]

So you're not even going to try? Come on. If we've been dragged onto this ship, at least make use of whatever it has to offer.

[ he sighs. ]

I do not trust this organization to offer me any aid without taking something in return. It is not worth the risk.

Well, Io did tell me to ask if I needed help "wrangling" you. [ a bit wryly. but yeah, that is a better reason to be wary ]

At least take care of the wounds you can do something amount. [ as guy finishes up bandaging. putting fresh bandages over his petrified bits ] If I can get my hands on a Stone Bottle, I'll let you know.

[ the petrification cure in tota.... ]

Ah, you have similar ailents in your world?

[ but he nods when guy finishes up, offering his thanks ]

Yeah, though it's usually the whole body. And you don't get it from just using magic....

There is no consequence to using magic then?

Not usually fonic artes normally, no. The power comes from the fonon belt, in our sky.

[ luke, ion and tear's situations were... different. ]

It seems similar to what we call aether in Valisthea.

It doesn't impact your land, either?

No. But our land has other issues....

So using "aether" hurts you and your world?

That it is harmful to the land is something I learned only recently. It is virtually unknown to the population.

But... yes.

A well-kept secret, then?

[ probably by the church. it's always the church, damn ]

So it is. Though I do not know to what end... If it were known to us, we may have begun searching for solutions before being pushed to this breaking point.

They were probably afraid of something.

[ if he had to guess ]

Perhaps. Of being discovered, or of sowing chaos. Regardless, we have been forced to enact change now, lest we doom all of humanity to starve and perish as Valisthea dies around us.

I know a little what you mean. Things can't keep going the way they are in my world, either.

[ ,,,, ]

Do you have a plan? Aside from... not use magic?

[ gazes at him ]

Yes, we have destroyed the crystals that siphon the aether from the world. It is... a radical choice, but one that is necessary. [ grimacing ] What do you mean, when you say you understand?

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