Frieren (
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[ Frieren's mind opens up; as before, on the surface it's a calm, smooth pond. She's not quite used to this, so the connection (at first) is a touch tentative and then as she feels her way forward it opens more until she thinks she's finally ready. ]
I have a question for all of you. And you may consider it a simple matter of curiosity; I won't take offense at being ignored.
[ There's a pause, as if she's collecting her thoughts. ]
How many of you are long-lived species? Or long-lived by virtue of who you are? My kind are rare, even in my world, so I can't assume others will be particularly more common here, at the end of the universe.
[ It's an open question. ]
I have a question for all of you. And you may consider it a simple matter of curiosity; I won't take offense at being ignored.
[ There's a pause, as if she's collecting her thoughts. ]
How many of you are long-lived species? Or long-lived by virtue of who you are? My kind are rare, even in my world, so I can't assume others will be particularly more common here, at the end of the universe.
[ It's an open question. ]
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[ He can't really speak to more than that. Their enemies had stolen others' bodies to prolong their lives, but claimed to be human. ]
Our knowledge of the world's limited, though.
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[ He pauses to focus, ensuring he sends this message only to her. ]
Something you might call blood magic.
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๐ Frieren only from here on
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I presume it tends to kill people, considering the transfusion aspect.
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[ It stands to reason, from what bits of information he can glean. ]
The very few who know what they're doing? They can save a life, but it shortens their own. That special blood had to come from somewhere.
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[ How interesting. ]
It sounds as if it might not have been worth the effort put into it.
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[ Them and only them, at that. ]
Incredibly dangerous in the wrong hands, so it's for the better that it's not well known.
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[ She's mulling that over. ]
Perhaps worth recording, in any case.
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[ He hesitates, silent for a spell, before addingโ ]
It saved me, at any rate.
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Pretty damn lucky, to say the least.
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[ How else could he have received the Crest of Aubin, after all? ]
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[ That's curious to her; whether you're good or not has nothing to do with whether you're a mage. ]
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[ Simple. ]
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