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[artofrevenge]

Greetings fellow Etrayans,

I write to you because I am in need of information or assistance. My horse has arrived, and as I live in the apartments, it is not suitable for her to live with me. What are the appropriate options for housing and caring for a horse here in Etraya?

I know the wild horses that arrived in February run free and are looked after, to some degree, by Aurora's assistants. However, provided access to the right resources, I am perfectly capable of caring for Kai myself and would like to do so.

Communications from people who know about this matter would be appreciated.

Comments

[oblige]

I will do my utmost. There is much my people yet need, for a great change is coming, and our ways must adapt with it.

Doctor Romero stressed that it is a treatment, but it is effective. I volunteered for testing the technology myself, for my case is not as advanced as others. Had something gone wrong, at least one in worse condition wouldn't suffer for it. Were my world to have such treatment, lithification would no longer be a slow-encroaching death.

[ He doesn't imagine freeing the world from the curse would retroactively remove its influence from those already suffering its influence. Yet if they could be saved, that would mean everything. ]

[artofrevenge]

[ Mizu has to stop and check that the translation provided is in fact the one she first processed as provided. It is clear. Yes, it is. His people... turn to stone. It's a disease Mizu's never heard of nor anything like it. Yet it sounds terrifying to experience, to slowly turn to stone, with no hope of halting it nor curing it. A slow march toward death with a constant reminder that grows and grows as their lives grow more limited.

There are wonders in the world, but there are also horrors. Unlike demons, that one cannot readily be fought.

Mizu gives pause. It may not be what Bahamut thinks kills him, but it is a promised death even should he survive. She doesn't feel sorry for him, but she acknowledges even he is in a terrible situation. ]

Treatment is a start, and from such a start, much good can come. There are more wonders in this place that I've yet to see. I am glad there is one that may help your people with such an odd ailment. At least some good comes from diseases being in many worlds.

[oblige]

Much of what is offered here medically is a marvel. I only wish I were a physicker, that I might better grasp more of it. But I will do all that I can to understand it, and I've spoken with another from my world regarding the same. Such a treatment seems nothing short of miraculous.

Does your own world suffer such ills?

[artofrevenge]

I have not needed to make use of the medical services here, but I am glad that they are available should they be needed. There is the potential for missions to be dangerous. It is also good for it to improve our worlds, not only preserve them.

It suffers disease, such as fever or infection, sure, but no one turns to stone.

[oblige]

I agree. Salvation need not only mean survival. Our worlds can have and be better.

It's relieving to know lithification is not a shared affliction. 'Tis not something I'd wish on any world.

[artofrevenge]

That only seems the right course when worlds are going to die. Those that survive should improve.

Every world has its peculiarities, some good, some bad. Yet now I can appreciate something new about my world I never would have considered.

[oblige]

All of this does lend perspective we might never have had otherwise. My people have no notion of the universe being so vast.