I suppose that depends on your definition of the word 'innocent'.
However, supposing everyone aboard the Ximilia therefore deserves to be injured by something you cannot control — that says nothing of those at risk in the worlds we visit. Surely you are not so foolish as to assume no one is innocent anywhere at all.
What I am proposing may sound permanent to you. It isn't. The point of such a seal is that offers a bulwark until such time as it can be removed. Entities can be extracted in my world as well — however, the only way I know to do it kills the host. To do otherwise would require time and research on my behalf.
rabbits and other furry little creatures that like to cuddle? they also make good soup.
[ after a bit of time — ]
do you know for certain that your seal will be effective against a creature made of shadow? merzost isn't of your world. grisha science is... well, it's difficult to explain and i'm hardly the person to ask. the monster and i were one, once. i wasn't a man anymore. i can't with certainty say where it ends and i begin.
Nothing is certain. You will recall I said it may be possible, I offered no assurances it was a foregone conclusion. What I have is awareness enough of my own abilities, and of your world, to make an educated attempt. Very likely, that attempt will be the first of many.
（ he had been quite ready to wash his hands of this man, finding the irreverence especially grating. hardly ignorant to the fact it is being used as both shield and sword, he simply has little patience for such bandying about.
but now, it draws a flicker of sympathy like infection from a wound. his jaw sets. he may not understand, in a strictly literal sense — but when one lives alongside madness, one comes to be intimately aware of the nature of monsters. ）
I do not mean to approach this cruelly. I am sure it is a difficult thing for you to discuss, much less with one you have yet to meet. Would it ease your mind to have this conversation in person?
nothing gained without a healthy dose of reckless experimentation. if i wasn't the experiment, i would be excited about this. normally, i love attention.
[ what do u mean he's annoying ]
i think i'd rather you put a bullet in my head than have this conversation in person. oh, wait, you're the literal type. a shot to the head would be bracing, but since you've never had the pleasure of speaking with me in person, i at least owe you that. i believe we're on the same ship? i normally know all my crew, but i keep forgetting i'm not the captain, so it's not my business. i don't think i like it. i enjoy being in everyone's business. most people enjoy it, too. having me in their business. do you want wine?
（ he's already exhausted, tbqh. is this nervous prattle a feature, or a bug? ）
I wouldn't use a bullet.
（ this is actually the manifestation of a sense of humour, if you... squint. and like your humour like you like your coffee: so black anish kapoor tries to sue you for it. ）
We are. I am in the crow's nest, if you find yourself of a mind to climb.
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are we saying that the ship is full of innocents now?
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However, supposing everyone aboard the Ximilia therefore deserves to be injured by something you cannot control — that says nothing of those at risk in the worlds we visit. Surely you are not so foolish as to assume no one is innocent anywhere at all.
What I am proposing may sound permanent to you. It isn't. The point of such a seal is that offers a bulwark until such time as it can be removed. Entities can be extracted in my world as well — however, the only way I know to do it kills the host. To do otherwise would require time and research on my behalf.
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they also make good soup.
[ after a bit of time — ]
do you know for certain that your seal will be effective against a creature made of shadow? merzost isn't of your world. grisha science is... well, it's difficult to explain and i'm hardly the person to ask.
the monster and i were one, once. i wasn't a man anymore.
i can't with certainty say where it ends and i begin.
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（ on the subject of innocence, and... soup. ）
Nothing is certain. You will recall I said it may be possible, I offered no assurances it was a foregone conclusion. What I have is awareness enough of my own abilities, and of your world, to make an educated attempt. Very likely, that attempt will be the first of many.
（ he had been quite ready to wash his hands of this man, finding the irreverence especially grating. hardly ignorant to the fact it is being used as both shield and sword, he simply has little patience for such bandying about.
but now, it draws a flicker of sympathy like infection from a wound. his jaw sets. he may not understand, in a strictly literal sense — but when one lives alongside madness, one comes to be intimately aware of the nature of monsters. ）
I do not mean to approach this cruelly. I am sure it is a difficult thing for you to discuss, much less with one you have yet to meet. Would it ease your mind to have this conversation in person?
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if i wasn't the experiment, i would be excited about this. normally, i love attention.
[ what do u mean he's annoying ]
i think i'd rather you put a bullet in my head than have this conversation in person.
oh, wait, you're the literal type. a shot to the head would be bracing, but since you've never had the pleasure of speaking with me in person, i at least owe you that. i believe we're on the same ship? i normally know all my crew, but i keep forgetting i'm not the captain, so it's not my business.
i don't think i like it. i enjoy being in everyone's business. most people enjoy it, too. having me in their business.
do you want wine?
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I wouldn't use a bullet.
（ this is actually the manifestation of a sense of humour, if you... squint. and like your humour like you like your coffee: so black anish kapoor tries to sue you for it. ）
We are. I am in the crow's nest, if you find yourself of a mind to climb.
Bring wine if you wish. I will not partake.