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[kallian_endris]

...is there something with which I can help you?

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[justice_is_blond]

The chances of it working were slim, honestly. But we went with what was the least dangerous to start, just in case.

[kallian_endris]

...what are you going to do next?

[justice_is_blond]

There's another ritual that shouldn't have too high a risk. We're going for that one next, trying to discern where I end and he begins, and urge him out.

There will be a little magic involved, but not too much as to be dangerous. I don't think.

[kallian_endris]

Please be careful. I'd feel awful if things went... badly.

[justice_is_blond]

I'll be very careful. I don't want anyone who has offered to help to be hurt.

[kallian_endris]

I don't want you to be hurt.

[justice_is_blond]

I'll do my best. Removing a spirit from a person has never, to my knowledge, been done before.

[kallian_endris]

I know. And... I'm terrified. For both of you. Justice deserves a chance to go home to the Beyond where he belongs. But... would a separation leave you both whole?

[justice_is_blond]

I don't know.

[His voice is quiet.]

I hope it does. All I know is that we can't go on as we are. There's too much danger to it, and for more than us.

[kallian_endris]

I still worry for you. And if the next step doesn't work... what then?

[justice_is_blond]

We've a total of five Adelaide's found that she thinks have a chance. We'll work our way through those. I've no idea what comes after that, if none of them are effective.

[kallian_endris]

...I won't let them kill you, if it comes to that.

[justice_is_blond]

If I become fully an abomination, Kallian, sparing me will cost other lives. It will no longer be truly me, and people who should not be hurt will be.

I made a choice some eleven years ago. Others should not have to pay for that.

[kallian_endris]

You are not an abomination. He is not a demon. Don't you dare talk like that.

[justice_is_blond]

[He almost answers about technicalities, but he stops himself in time.]

I'll stop talking like that. I'm sorry.

[It's sometimes hard to remember that people care about him, and how he he talks about himself can hurt them.]

But this could go very wrong, and I am tired of hurting people.