Ho-oh & Kallamar

[killerwaves]

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[ho_ohs]

That's the instability that plagues this island that I mentioned when you all arrived -- the disaster we're trying to appease by offering sacrifices. You've probably noticed that with Merlin's death, the distortion has also vanished.

How was it, seeing it up close?

[hearnoplague]

Not pleasant, though I did not touch it myself.

[ Kallamar didn't even go near it, but that's not important right now. ]

Is this distortion a manifestation of what keeps us here?

[ho_ohs]

Wise choice. That was just a preview, so you wouldn't have lost a limb, but you won't always be so lucky.

[Perhaps, sometimes, being a coward is the Correct Choice.]

Indeed, I believe the instability of the island is what makes the mechanism itself unstable and difficult to study.

[hearnoplague]

[ And people mock him for it. Hah. ]

What mechanism?