[feelings are weird and complicated. at least they can agree on that much, because noct has no idea what to make of any of his own anymore, it seems.]
It sounds like... he just might. [because that does sound legitimately impressive, especially to a guy like noct who definitely has no background in science.
though—]
There's really technology where you're from that kills spirits? [that seems mighty fucked up, especially given who milla is and all. color him curious, it seems like there's a lot about her world that he should be asking about.]
[and at that question, her expression hardens, and her hand stops in his hair again]
Yes.
[this just took a turn into seriousville, apparently]
Spyrix is technology that casts amplified spirit artes for the user. The process drains spirits of their mana and kills them. I've spent a good portion of the time I was living among humans destroying such technology. Its existence was a danger to both humans and spirits alike.
for a moment, he considers drawing back because of it, but then elects not to. instead... he finds the way his fingers thread through her hair to be a little more focused as he contemplates a response.]
But why—I mean.
[hold on, he needs to rephrase that.]
Why would people use that if that's what it does to the spirits? [he doesn't blame her for it, but... why is it a thing at all?]
Well, I don't believe they developed the technology just to kill spirits.
[for. what it's worth]
Humans are always striving for self-improvement, right? Unfortunately, that can be a flaw as well as an asset. It's like. . . [a beat] Like a infant trying to use a sharp knife to cut their food. A knife is a useful tool, but would you allow the infant to use something so dangerous at that age?
No. It's dangerous. A baby wouldn't know how to use it and they'd get hurt.
[which is why—]
It's the same with this spyrix stuff, huh? Useful, but hurting more than it helps or something.
[he's not sure it matches exactly, when a baby doesn't know at all and can't understand, while an adult can be made to understand, but he gets what she's trying to say.]
[well. . . it's far more complicated than that, and after a brief pause, she clarifies]
Or, that's what I thought at first. Some Spyrix is. . . necessary.
[as much as she hates to admit it]
But the mana produced by the destroyed Schism allows continued Spyrix use without the death of spirits as a side effect. It'll only last a finite amount of time, but by then, Jude will finish his Spyrite research.
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It sounds like... he just might. [because that does sound legitimately impressive, especially to a guy like noct who definitely has no background in science.
though—]
There's really technology where you're from that kills spirits? [that seems mighty fucked up, especially given who milla is and all. color him curious, it seems like there's a lot about her world that he should be asking about.]
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Yes.
[this just took a turn into seriousville, apparently]
Spyrix is technology that casts amplified spirit artes for the user. The process drains spirits of their mana and kills them. I've spent a good portion of the time I was living among humans destroying such technology. Its existence was a danger to both humans and spirits alike.
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yeah, it sure did.
for a moment, he considers drawing back because of it, but then elects not to. instead... he finds the way his fingers thread through her hair to be a little more focused as he contemplates a response.]
But why—I mean.
[hold on, he needs to rephrase that.]
Why would people use that if that's what it does to the spirits? [he doesn't blame her for it, but... why is it a thing at all?]
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[for. what it's worth]
Humans are always striving for self-improvement, right? Unfortunately, that can be a flaw as well as an asset. It's like. . . [a beat] Like a infant trying to use a sharp knife to cut their food. A knife is a useful tool, but would you allow the infant to use something so dangerous at that age?
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No. It's dangerous. A baby wouldn't know how to use it and they'd get hurt.
[which is why—]
It's the same with this spyrix stuff, huh? Useful, but hurting more than it helps or something.
[he's not sure it matches exactly, when a baby doesn't know at all and can't understand, while an adult can be made to understand, but he gets what she's trying to say.]
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[well. . . it's far more complicated than that, and after a brief pause, she clarifies]
Or, that's what I thought at first. Some Spyrix is. . . necessary.
[as much as she hates to admit it]
But the mana produced by the destroyed Schism allows continued Spyrix use without the death of spirits as a side effect. It'll only last a finite amount of time, but by then, Jude will finish his Spyrite research.
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[he's wrapping his head around the pieces of information being given to him and what he knows from the things she told him previously.]
The Spryix thing won't be a problem then, and less spirits will die, right?
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[she beams!]
And the nature that died alongside the spirits will begin to recover, bit by bit. It's already happening.
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[it's part of what makes her admirable, after all.]