[ Milyn doesn't get the reference of the Host, having no context for it, but she appreciates that he empathizes with her frustrations. ]
Well, I try not to hold the growling against her given her nature, dear.
I did work with Daseng's group, well specifically Daseng himself, I studied under him for a time, and developed several positively brilliant new strategies for waking us kedan from the muted state Eshai's magic had put us in. One of the earliest variants of that was Dust, although it had the poor side effect of only enhancing negative traits... Malicant capitalized on that, later.
The second base I developed however, that was much more successful. It's now called Lucid, though I didn't have any hand in developing what it is now.
And of course I did what I could do to help against Malicant; I wanted him gone as much as the rest of us.
You might be in a better position to identify the problem than I am, I'm afraid,
The growling I'm quite used to actually, makes for nice foreplay in the right circumstances. The one word answers to simple questions was a bit vexing.
[ Which was part of why he decided to head straight to the source, so to speak. ]
I'm sorry, love but new here and being that this is all outside my father's creative control, this is a bit of an unknown: for once. Still putting the pieces together.
Can you fill me on some of these players? Daseng and Eshai?
Of course, I'm so used to everyone knowing. Daseng is the leader of the group of cultists who came under Malicant's sway and tried to spread his taint. He's also Zanru's -- the former head of the Metalworker family -- her ex-husband.
Emperor Eshai was the ruler who intially brought the Foreigners, both this batch and the ones three hundred years ago, to Keeliai. She's also responsible for bringing the kedan to this world -- we're not from here, you see. We were... well, I suppose the kedan were the original Foreigners, brought to battle Malicant. But her magic damaged us, made us... muted, dull. Most didn't even know it. That was what I was trying to fix.
She died several years ago... one of the Foreigners, who is no longer here, murdered her.
Do they? I love learning about Foreigners' sayings, they're so enlightening! Even though some of them make no sense to me, there's one about spring cleaning that I just can't seem to make line up with a practical application, cleaning should really be done year round, it's so much healthier -- I think of these things, you know, being a Healer and such -- and then another one in the same vein (see! I made a pun just then, because veins) about being clean and deities, so that's even more confusing.
Hmm, from time to time! You don't always give the patient the worst prognosis, after all.
[ That was a hell of a mouthful. As for Spring cleaning, Lucifer thought he'd heard Maze muttering something about it in reference to getting rid of certain waitstaff that weren't up to her standards. But as he tended to leave those details to Maze, since he rarely let it concern him, the saying went over his head.
The pun was appreciated though. But sticking to the heart of the matter for the time being. ]
Ah. [ He exclaimed at her last statement. ] Well there's the rub. Now that they've found out, it would appear that it's damaged their trust in you. At least with Vladis.
Having never needed medical treatment ... ever, I'm speaking academically here, but I believe a certain trust is necessary between physician and patient?
Never ever ever? That's quite a feat! How did you manage that, dear?
There is indeed, but it's part of a physician's responsibility to know what's best for the patient, and part of the patient's responsibility to trust the diagnosis.
Immortality. [ He answered with ease. ] Until recently at least.
Hmmm, don't know that I follow that line of reasoning and by follow I mean believe in. I've got a bit of a history in disagreeing with the whole idea of a 'plan' and unquestioning faith in said unknown 'plan'. To vulnerable to manipulation and gross misinterpretation.
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Date: 2016-03-19 01:31 am (UTC)Well, I try not to hold the growling against her given her nature, dear.
I did work with Daseng's group, well specifically Daseng himself, I studied under him for a time, and developed several positively brilliant new strategies for waking us kedan from the muted state Eshai's magic had put us in. One of the earliest variants of that was Dust, although it had the poor side effect of only enhancing negative traits... Malicant capitalized on that, later.
The second base I developed however, that was much more successful. It's now called Lucid, though I didn't have any hand in developing what it is now.
And of course I did what I could do to help against Malicant; I wanted him gone as much as the rest of us.
You might be in a better position to identify the problem than I am, I'm afraid,
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Date: 2016-03-19 01:36 am (UTC)[ Which was part of why he decided to head straight to the source, so to speak. ]
I'm sorry, love but new here and being that this is all outside my father's creative control, this is a bit of an unknown: for once. Still putting the pieces together.
Can you fill me on some of these players? Daseng and Eshai?
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Date: 2016-03-19 01:42 am (UTC)Emperor Eshai was the ruler who intially brought the Foreigners, both this batch and the ones three hundred years ago, to Keeliai. She's also responsible for bringing the kedan to this world -- we're not from here, you see. We were... well, I suppose the kedan were the original Foreigners, brought to battle Malicant. But her magic damaged us, made us... muted, dull. Most didn't even know it. That was what I was trying to fix.
She died several years ago... one of the Foreigners, who is no longer here, murdered her.
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Date: 2016-03-19 07:04 pm (UTC)Only when she appeared to have come to a pause, did he speak up again. ]
They have a quaint little saying back home, something about paths and good intentions. [ And it sounded like this situation fit it perfectly. ]
If you'd indulge me in one more question, did you ever deliberately try to hide what you'd done or why?
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Date: 2016-03-20 06:08 am (UTC)Hmm, from time to time! You don't always give the patient the worst prognosis, after all.
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Date: 2016-03-20 04:21 pm (UTC)The pun was appreciated though. But sticking to the heart of the matter for the time being. ]
Ah. [ He exclaimed at her last statement. ] Well there's the rub. Now that they've found out, it would appear that it's damaged their trust in you. At least with Vladis.
Having never needed medical treatment ... ever, I'm speaking academically here, but I believe a certain trust is necessary between physician and patient?
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Date: 2016-03-21 01:09 pm (UTC)There is indeed, but it's part of a physician's responsibility to know what's best for the patient, and part of the patient's responsibility to trust the diagnosis.
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Date: 2016-03-24 01:48 am (UTC)Hmmm, don't know that I follow that line of reasoning and by follow I mean believe in. I've got a bit of a history in disagreeing with the whole idea of a 'plan' and unquestioning faith in said unknown 'plan'. To vulnerable to manipulation and gross misinterpretation.
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Date: 2016-03-25 12:27 am (UTC)So you would have done things differently?
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Date: 2016-03-29 01:06 pm (UTC)From my observations lying, even with good intentions, usually comes back to bite you in the arse.
I hope you don't come to regret this one.