Backdated to 2 days into the second week of the month of the goat

[papacerberus]

As many of you already know, I retained the ability to discern the will of other creatures, and I have been employing that ability to gain knowledge of the Singer of the corrupted Song. It is a draining process, so I had to split it into two forays, and I reported the first a few days ago. I just finished the second one.

Just for the ease of listeners, this was what I discovered the first time: There were two wills, and one was dominating the other. The dominated will was bitter and anguished.

This time I focused my efforts more deeply on the dominated will. These are the results. The Singer has been...programed by that other will. There is room for disobedience to that programming, but the Singer shies away from contemplating it because of the painful consequences. The Singer also wills for an end, either for healing and freedom from the demands of the other will, or for death and the rest that brings, but does not strive towards those because the Singer believes both options to be impossible.

We can give the Singer hope for an end, and I believe we must. That anguish must be stopped, one way or another. Who is with me, and does anyone have ideas on how to undo programming of that kind?

Comments

[goestoextremes]

Good, because I'd rather see if we can get it out from this alive and healthy. It's worth trying at least, no other way to know if they work.

I can use my bending there and to stay there, so it's not a problem.

[papacerberus]

I to heal the Singer, if at all possible. I'm afraid it won't be, so I'm preparing to give the Singer a restful death as well, but healing will be the first course of action.

Could you help others with your bending? I'm not certain exactly what bending is, myself.

[goestoextremes]

[ Well, it wouldn't be her first time in a situation where healing isn't possible when someone's gone too far but... bhuh. ]

I guess I should prepare for that too even with all of our healing abilities combined if they really don't work. [ not that she really wants to think about the worst case scenarios yet. ]

Oh, sorry, too used to calling it that. It's what we call ability to control / manipulate water, fire, air and earth back home. Healing is part of waterbending. There's also metal, that's part of earth. Then there's also energybending, but that's -- something I can do but really don't need often.

And sure, I'll gladly help wherever when I can. [ less gladly if they have to kill it but hey, if it's the best for it and the only thing they can do... ]

[papacerberus]

My healing abilities are primarily based around the body. The most I can do for the mind is alleviate panic, and remove charm and in this case, I doubt either will apply. I worry that without something that can heal the mind, all the healing we do will only make a stronger enemy for us to defeat in the end. Still, I will attempt healing first, regardless.

Then you are powerful indeed. [There's approval in his mental voice.] My affinity is fire, although I've recently mastered earth. It probably isn't very similar to your bending, but I can use either offensively.

What does energybending do?