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[badlydisarmed]

I have one question and one important announcement.

The question:

Do you pull the lever?

As for the announcement, the hospital now has a wing to treat magical maladies. Witch doctors and the like are welcome to come check it out. People with magical maladies also welcome to come get treated, I don't know how any of this shit works.

Comments

[badlydisarmed]

As far as I know, it only happens to magic users. So it seems sensible that some residue left by the magic is what causes the petrification.

[oblige]

That is true; it only afflicts those who use magic. In the time since I was brought into all of this, however, I have seen no change despite the fact that I should have, even in small measure.

It has led me to speculate as to why, though it is only conjecture.

[badlydisarmed]

So your petrification illness hasn't progressed since your arrival to Etraya even though you've continued to use magic?

[oblige]

Yes. Though I endeavor to be conservative in its use, I know well enough that a change should be expected by now. I monitor my condition closely, as one might expect.

[badlydisarmed]

Maybe you should talk to the other person and compare notes before we try treating either of you.

[oblige]

Perhaps. We are not exactly well-acquainted, but it is an important matter.

[badlydisarmed]

My guess is that Etraya is keeping the condition from worsening, but I'd want to know if it's the same for both of you.

[oblige]

I shall ask him and relay my findings.

[badlydisarmed]

Much appreciated. Give him a little kiss for me.

[oblige]

We do not have that kind of relationship.

[badlydisarmed]

That's what makes it funny.

[oblige]

I fail to see the humor in it.

[badlydisarmed]

Yes, I'm noticing. You got magic but no sense of fun.

[oblige]

Do not confuse me with Odin.

[badlydisarmed]

Is that Joss? He must be, he's the least fun person I have ever met, and I've met many comatose patients.

[oblige]

Yes, that is Odin.

[ Not even defending him... ]

[badlydisarmed]

Of course he is. But he'll always be Joss to me ♥

[oblige]

You would make of it a nickname?

[badlydisarmed]

Joss isn't a nickname, Joss is a name. The name he uses.

[oblige]

You'll not convince me that he selected it.

[badlydisarmed]

I don't have to. It's the name he keeps using, no one's forcing him to.

[oblige]

It is neither how he introduces himself nor what he would respond to if called upon.

[badlydisarmed]

I hear you, but he wouldn't respond to any name if I was the one calling upon him.

And again, Joss Sweden is the only one he's given me.

[oblige]

Has he ever introduced himself as such?

[badlydisarmed]

He's never introduced himself as anything and he never will. That man only interacts with me because we have acquaintances in common and he thinks I'm a rat.