Do you ponder the manner of things?

the Voice

The Voice turned her head slightly as if trying to find the words to best demarcate her thoughts. "Did you know the abandoned were not always called so? We were the Acquired once. It is only because of the progress of myself and the Core that you are what you are now. Stronger than you used to be, but abandoned and thus so called." She said sadly.

"The magic has left an imprint upon your soul. An imprint that even I cannot scrub out, though I have never actually tried. But I would not risk the small spark that you do have. I do believe it would kill you."