A Stray Weed

[empress_without_a_throne]

[The excursion to Russia proved... eventful, just in all the wrong ways.  Volya's uncle was dead, the poor boy himself went through hell at the hands of Lilica, and then there were the Lady's Good Men and Loni's group compounding the insanity.  Still, the death toll could've been much, much worse.  And SolSavior itself certainly helped kick butt out there, and stand up to enemies Mizuki knew she wouldn't have been able to otherwise.]

... Just how hard is it to have sane priorities in a situation like that?

I thought it was obvious, but between the Knights and Loni... I'm not so sure.

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[empress_without_a_throne]

I wouldn't go so far as to say "angel" but thanks for the compliment.

And that's good to know about the arm. That was my fault... I should've known shifting control to you without suppressing the Abyss Sanction would've caused some feedback. It won't happen again.

[tiger_ken]

...Actually, I was going to ask...

Once its better... and assuming nothing comes up... would you be able to do it again?

[...He is utterly serious.]

[empress_without_a_throne]

... When you're up for it. Even if it's not a tremendous health risk, I'd rather not put you in unnecessary pain.

You're not just wanting to do this due to some sort of "pain equals training" logic though, are you?

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[tiger_ken]

No, no! Its just... well...

[Ken seems almost fearful at Mizuki's possible response to that notion.]

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[tiger_ken]

I was thinking... maybe I could... figure it out. I mean, my family were the only ones associated with Solaris who really got control, so its understandable its never come up before, but... Well... see...

[Ken stumbles over himself, trying to explain, before deciding to just directly explain the conversation he had.]

A point Dido brought up to me is like... what would ki - or the equivalent - be in other forms of life. But I think that whilst there's certainly different makeups - 'flavours' - as it were... there's some underlying elements that could be... commonly manipulated, as it were.

[empress_without_a_throne]

So you mean...

Experience the flow of Void Energy during the Sanction to better understand how to control you own?

[tiger_ken]

And... perhaps... learn how to control void energy too, even if briefly. I mean, it'd be like learning how to fling about acid, but...

[empress_without_a_throne]

Don't hold your breath on that, Ken. I've had ten years to try to get used to Sol energy, and you saw what a mouthful of tea did to me.

Being part of a circuit is one thing, it's another to be the one taking the reigns of that kind of power.

[tiger_ken]

I know, I know. But the thought is... interesting. You gotta admit that much at least.

[empress_without_a_throne]

Well of course. SolSavior itself unites the two energy sources together, after all, and we saw what the Sol Salvation did to Saturnia.

But on an individual level are just too diametrically contradictory.