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*Pulls my hand from beneath my cloak and looks at its back*
Already starting again. I hope it’s been long enough.

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*I do my best to navigate the two of us around the small worlds as we rocket off into the distance, Nemid doing nothing to fight back*

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*Takes a tentative step forward, breaking into a swift walk and later run, which continues to accelerate unhindered*

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*Accelerates behind you, then maintains pace beside you and inquisitively reaches my hand out to you, watching it phase through harmlessly*

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What’s causing this?

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If you figure it out before me, make sure to let me know. But I think Dad did.

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How much damage can you take?

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Alot. I mean- as long I have my limbs with me in good shape, I'm practically a sponge from what people have said once when I came there to aid them.

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I hope Waternaux has more solutions than just that.

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I just meant how to get around this contact-free zone nonsense that seems to be going on. If he has a plan beyond that... I'd be impressed. Hard to plan around an experience no one has ever had before.

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Alot. I mean- as long I have my limbs with me in good shape, I'm practically a sponge from what people have said once when I came there to aid them.

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That's... Interesting... If you have the time after this grand adventure, may I study your mana for a bit- That is of course if you consent to a bit of scholarly examination.

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I figure we can save the torture tests for later.

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Fair enough. We're now in the courtyard of this... Well, whatever this ruin was supposed to be. With the big dungeon, I'd assume that this place was once a prison of some sort.

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If it is a prison, there must be some faster route in and out of the dungeon. They wouldn’t have transported prisoners across the path we took.

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*I continue to recover my mana*

Hmm... This place gets curiouser and curiouser. If not a prison, and definitely not a fortress, this place must've had a different purpose. With the two of us, meaning of course myself and Aerith, showing up at roughly the same time. Your theory of this place being some sort of Magical location is starting to make sense.

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It’s also brimming with an ancient aura.

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*I stand up having recovered enough mana to be able to fight again*

I think you're on to something... Maybe this place was once a temple of sorts for a cult or religious organization. Which makes sense with all the magical booby traps and all. It also makes sense that only exclusive members of said cult or organization would be able to bypass it all.

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Most cults I’ve run into are in the business of killing people. We should be able to detect the residual magic from those rituals.

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If there was some kind of ritual. All you humans look the same when you die, and you die a lot.

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Well... I guess I'm lucky I didn't die and end up here instead with new friends. Whatever is going on here though is a bit of a mystery. This place is alive with mana and whoever made this place clearly didn't want us getting in or out. Cult, eldritch beast, or whatever else lie in those dungeon depths, I don't think it's a good idea to go back in and deal with it with what we currently have. I'm barely in a shape to fight.