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[maladied]

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[maladied]

[ if his increased apprehension of her bothers her then it doesn't show. she'll continue to smile politely at him. ] Your wishes. Your desires... How you wish to undo past regrets. I've heard them all and listened to them.

[heartofcorundum]

[He bristles fully, jaw setting. Don't.

Ignore it. Ignore it. Keep your wits.]

Of our group at large, you mean? Or do you mean something greater?

[maladied]

Something greater. Something further beyond what you have all been piecing together. [ she brings a hand up to the side of her face. ] All wishes, desires, regrets... I listen to them all and I seek to fulfill what I hear. There's no limit to what I can provide.

[heartofcorundum]

And why would you do that?

What even are you?

[maladied]

Because that is my purpose for my existence. I exist so that I may fulfill the wishes and desires of those that I hear. [ she says it so plainly that it would be foolish to think that she didn't mean it. ]

[heartofcorundum]

[A primal, is his first thought. All reflex. But he tries to tamp it down.]

Have you always existed like this? Or did someone else bring you to being?

[maladied]

If someone brought me into being then I do not know them. For as long as I became aware of my existence, this has only ever been my purpose. [ ...take that as you will. ]

[heartofcorundum]

[[x] doubt]

What happens, when you answer a wish?

[maladied]

The wish is simply granted. I answer what is being desired and asked and nothing more. [ case in point: table for ludger's doll. ]

[heartofcorundum]

And if wishes contradict?

[maladied]

Then that is simply the nature of the wishes. I do not decide on what happens after they are both granted. [ so, you know. if two people ask for the opposing thing and she grants them...then they're both fucked sort of situation. ]

[heartofcorundum]

Were you the one who brought us away to grant our wishes?

Or was that the wish of something else?

[maladied]

A great number of people shared the same wish. They wanted to find a cure for this illness—a disease destroys lives and worlds... So, I granted it.

[heartofcorundum]

And was there a price for that wish?

[maladied]

No, there are no prices to the wishes that I grant. [ she's said it before and she'll say it each and every time. ] Granting wishes and desires is my entire purpose.

[heartofcorundum]

Then, may I ask what the cure was? Or did you only give them the means to find it, not the cure itself?

[maladied]

I gave them the means to find the cure. They have everything that they need to find and create a cure for this illness. [ since, you know, the technicality of asking for a cure vs wanting to find a cure. ]

1/2

[heartofcorundum]

[A firm, slow exhale. Okay.]

2/2

[heartofcorundum]

And why the rest of us, then? Those of us that had no idea of this disease, or this need for a cure?

[maladied]

[ take all the time you need thancred. she'll be patient and ever so polite as to wait for him to speak. ] An increased odds of success. Many have asked for the same wish and each time more and more and more people ask for the same wish. Of those times they asked for people to come help them.

[heartofcorundum]

So rather than bringing us to solve our own wishes, we were brought to help grant the wish of the others. Am I understanding correctly?

What happens to them, should they find their cure? What happens to us?

[maladied]

That’s correct, however, some of you have had your wishes granted after I've heard their wants. [ she'll place a hand to the side of her face. ] Should you find the cure then the wish has been granted, and then the rest of you shall go back to your homes.

[heartofcorundum]

Ramuda and Seymour, I imagine.

Were you responsible for Lynne and Yuki as well? For Giyuu?

[maladied]

Yes, that's correct. And for those two, I had no involvement to what happened to them. It was as you've all suspected, they became ill.

[heartofcorundum]

How did they turn ill in the first place? Just part of your "means for a cure"?