in the right heaven-yellow light, anything could be
holy enough to save you
She nods to Maea as she begins to speculate. “Fire is very dangerous for us.” She agrees quietly, frowning at the thought momentarily before she exhales and smiles lightly. “The fluid inside us is flammable. So we have to be cautious. That’s also why the sunlight can be dangerous… But once we get a bit stronger we can handle it better. That’s why I can go out with the umbrella. When I first Ascended I never left the house aside from dusk for fear of something happening.” A small snort at that. “But, most people are awake during the day and this is the season for the longest amount of sunlight. So I do what I have to.” She smiles easily before shrugging and watching with amused green eyes as Maea lifts the trinket and the water to make it dance between them.She decides to add to it, bringing the fire from a nearby candle over to act like a shooting star among the sun and star droplets, before she lets it fade in a whiff of smoke – focusing on Maea’s question. It seems like a lot to unpack at first, and she isn’t sure where exactly to start with it. “I think that it isn’t a sin to use them.” She pauses, head tilting as she looks to Maea and the dancing trinket between them. “In fact, I think the gods might encourage it should we use it for good, right? Like healing and protecting our own.” A brief shrug. “But there are ways to stop it too, I have an upgrade that blocks magic - my own included. If it really was an issue that the gods didn’t want us to tinker with, don’t you think they’d just… Take it away? Alter us to remove it somehow over generations perhaps?” She muses, brows furrowing.
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