[ john is careful, but that is thorough even by his standards โ he'd been joking, after all. still, he gets it; she came from a place where she had competition. different methods for a different game. john had only needed to bury his secrets. ]
I'm sure I could've managed with little fuss, but Shards complicate things more than I like.
[ which is to say the risk of any contact with someone else's soul becoming a two-way exchange of information is more than he's willing to take without a very good reason. ]
I'd be interested in answering that question myself. [ he imagines a joint effort in that area would result in something horrible (affectionate). ] If you come across something suitable, let me know.
Bored? Never. Even if I get to the bottom of the essential problem with this place, there's a whole other set of questions that could stand to be answered.
[ but first, john needed to know what the factions weren't telling them because that's a problem that is considerably more dire and time-sensitive than the things he's merely curious about for curiosity's sake. ]
Don't forget you get more bang for your buck if any deaths are involved. Dissipation counts. It's one way to brute force the interference problem.
[ external thanergy to boost the efficacy of his theorems because his Shard marinating in Zenith energy seems to dampen what he's able to draw on internally. Meridian had felt like trying to pull thanergy out of something too rich in thanergy to be effective. either way, it's a headache. ]
I'm also sure no one else will appreciate it. [ except maybe bondrewd. ] But, I'm sure that won't discourage you.
No, they do not. You saw how they protested when we were curing the Blight, and that was their very lives on the line.
[ No, she does not think most will be ok with it, but between John and Bondrewd, she knew she had good company between the two of them. ]
And... no it certainly will not discourage me. I have been using blood sacrifice since I was but a girl. If I had qualms with it, I would not have been able to stomach the very food we ate.
[ Catherine, the Warden, had hated it though. Mass ritual bloodletting was certainly off the table these days. At least non-consensual. If some wanted to give their lives for the cause, though... ]
Although, for now, we have the wards, hm? Would you like me to let you get back to work?
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[ john is careful, but that is thorough even by his standards โ he'd been joking, after all. still, he gets it; she came from a place where she had competition. different methods for a different game. john had only needed to bury his secrets. ]
I'm sure I could've managed with little fuss, but Shards complicate things more than I like.
[ which is to say the risk of any contact with someone else's soul becoming a two-way exchange of information is more than he's willing to take without a very good reason. ]
I'd be interested in answering that question myself. [ he imagines a joint effort in that area would result in something horrible (affectionate). ] If you come across something suitable, let me know.
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[ She said, with a smile. ]
Your magic and mine are different enough that we may find ways to compliment each other, and use our workings in tandem.
It is something I'm interested in. To use them together in concert to do something great.
[ A smile that was a touch wry. It was almost... almost the power of friendship, though she's not cheesy enough to say it. Here. Now. ]
Between this, the shards... we have enough subjects that I do not think we will become bored, thankfully.
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[ but first, john needed to know what the factions weren't telling them because that's a problem that is considerably more dire and time-sensitive than the things he's merely curious about for curiosity's sake. ]
Don't forget you get more bang for your buck if any deaths are involved. Dissipation counts. It's one way to brute force the interference problem.
[ external thanergy to boost the efficacy of his theorems because his Shard marinating in Zenith energy seems to dampen what he's able to draw on internally. Meridian had felt like trying to pull thanergy out of something too rich in thanergy to be effective. either way, it's a headache. ]
I'm also sure no one else will appreciate it. [ except maybe bondrewd. ] But, I'm sure that won't discourage you.
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No, they do not. You saw how they protested when we were curing the Blight, and that was their very lives on the line.
[ No, she does not think most will be ok with it, but between John and Bondrewd, she knew she had good company between the two of them. ]
And... no it certainly will not discourage me. I have been using blood sacrifice since I was but a girl. If I had qualms with it, I would not have been able to stomach the very food we ate.
[ Catherine, the Warden, had hated it though. Mass ritual bloodletting was certainly off the table these days. At least non-consensual. If some wanted to give their lives for the cause, though... ]
Although, for now, we have the wards, hm? Would you like me to let you get back to work?