( More than that, but Wen Kexing is still cautious. Hermoine might be trustworthy, but he has a lifetime of suspicion up his sleeves. )
His meridians have been damaged. ( He keeps his voice steady by sheer force of will, as though it is not killing him to speak of it. ) I don't know how much you know about those, Mistress Granger, but they're how we control our life force, our qi. One ruined is bad enough, but all seven? Imagine a tree without roots, no matter how strong it is it will die quickly. And it's already been so long for him. But I don't know how to heal them. I also do not know who to turn to. He's ... rightfully cautious. ( Who wouldn't be? ) We were seeking a cure back home, but now he's here and the help we might have had isn't.
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( More than that, but Wen Kexing is still cautious. Hermoine might be trustworthy, but he has a lifetime of suspicion up his sleeves. )
His meridians have been damaged. ( He keeps his voice steady by sheer force of will, as though it is not killing him to speak of it. ) I don't know how much you know about those, Mistress Granger, but they're how we control our life force, our qi. One ruined is bad enough, but all seven? Imagine a tree without roots, no matter how strong it is it will die quickly. And it's already been so long for him. But I don't know how to heal them. I also do not know who to turn to. He's ... rightfully cautious. ( Who wouldn't be? ) We were seeking a cure back home, but now he's here and the help we might have had isn't.