[There's a lot of equipment, a lot of cages and tanks, a lot of arcane accoutrements. Everything is clean, despite the lingering smells of blood and antiseptic.
She leads the way to a small white room. A simple affair with cot, chair, a sink and some cabinets. She gestures at the cot.]
Sit, please.
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[The skeleton minion guides Technic's arm into the proper position and applies a tourniquet, swabbing the intended area of bloodletting with disinfectant.]
Yes. Eventually I was able to walk, if never run.
No one assisted me, then or ever.
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[The skeleton minion proceeds to start drawing blood, quick and efficient.]
No need for that. It's no longer an emotionally compromising memory for me.
[Lilith glances at the minion briefly, making sure it is performing its appointed task with due proficiency.]
My condition was seen as a natural occurrence not to be tampered with. Medicine beyond a rudimentary level was seen as "meddling" and punished as a sin.
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Science has rules, laws, order, even in the messiest of fields. The arcane is more anarchic, a power unto itself that's almost sentient. The codified strength of rituals has a place among that abyss of magic, but even then, one is simply engaging chaos with more chaos.
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She leads the way to a small white room. A simple affair with cot, chair, a sink and some cabinets. She gestures at the cot.]
Sit, please.
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Taking a seat.]
I'll take it medical science is an interest of yours?
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[Getting out gloves, antiseptic, cotton swabs, a few glass vials, a syringe.]
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[Turning back to him.]
Now, do you think I can touch you or shall I summon an assistant?
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A-ah... if we could play it safe, that might be best.
A-anyway. Then, ah, why is it an interest of yours?
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I was originally born a paraplegic. At the time, there wasn't any drug or procedure available to cure or manage the ailment.
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Did you try to pursue one on your own?
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Yes. Eventually I was able to walk, if never run.
No one assisted me, then or ever.
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I'm sorry to hear that.
Could I ask why?
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No need for that. It's no longer an emotionally compromising memory for me.
[Lilith glances at the minion briefly, making sure it is performing its appointed task with due proficiency.]
My condition was seen as a natural occurrence not to be tampered with. Medicine beyond a rudimentary level was seen as "meddling" and punished as a sin.
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Just ignorance to scientific advancement, or am I guessing the wrong sort of taboo here?
Mm. Either way, it must have been hard on you. What avenues did you end up exploring?
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[A shrug.]
All that I could. I was self-taught until I could secretly acquire scientific texts from other lands. Eventually I turned to the arcane.
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I take it that wasn't any easier to access than scientific materials?
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[steeples gloved fingers together, musing]
Science has rules, laws, order, even in the messiest of fields. The arcane is more anarchic, a power unto itself that's almost sentient. The codified strength of rituals has a place among that abyss of magic, but even then, one is simply engaging chaos with more chaos.
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Were you able to make progress with it?
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[an all-encompassing gesture to herself]
My efforts led to the form you see now.
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Flesh and blood given willingly tend to be more valuable than stolen life, when it comes to the arcane.