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I tend to mistrust "tech," considering what it's like in my realm... but I'm still going to enchant it. He deserves the best. And being a healer, I've had to help attach such replacement limbs before.

Well, it's gotta be able to work when he's not here. [All the more reason to have Pidge and Matt help build it, really - then someone who knows how to repair it will be available even after this is all over.]

Thanks, dude. Every little bit helps.

....Enchant it? You can do that?

Of course, darling. Such devices need quite a level of enchantment to work most fluidly like the original limb. Protection, weatherproofing, strengthening, links to the rest of the body's aetheric flows, sensation...

Links to... Aether is a person's life force, isn't it? [There's suddenly an underlying unease in his voice.] It would draw on my aether? For what?

Well, to move your arm naturally, of course. When the physical connection between the body and limb and severed, 'tis the aether that gives your will a way to manifest- a way to move the new limb.

I think it's likely to tie directly into my nervous system and musculature, if it's anything like the one the Galra gave me. I just. I guess I'm just nervous about the idea of it drawing on my life. I'm living on borrowed time as it is.

Oh, no, no, it doesn't draw on your life at all. It is your life, in a manner of speaking. Aether in our bodies flows in a circuit, a cycle through us- and it would begin to flow within the limb as if it were the original, restoring its function.

Mm. Do you have any memories of working on something like that which you'd be willing to share with me?

[Private, Protection I]
I can't be sure, but... I think it's very possible that the Galran prosthetic was pulling quintessence from me to corrupt and use as a power source. I think that's why I always felt so tired after activating it. I've had a lot more energy since it was removed. But that might be left over from when I was placed in this body.

Of course, darling. I'd be happy to. Do you want me to share them in person?

[Psychic Protection I]
Oh... I see. That would explain much. That's awful... no, darling, such devices I craft would never harm the wielder.

That might be good, if you're up for it. I don't know what my reaction will be, but I know you could talk me down if you need to. [There's a faint undercurrent of strain that says how unhappy he is that that's an option, but he's resigned to it, and would rather be open and truthful about the danger.]

[Private: Protection I]
I trust you, Felih. I know you wouldn't hurt me. Not on purpose. I don't know what might have been left behind when he - my... clone. When he went on ahead. I don't feel anything like the witch's influence anymore, but then we're not at home, and she's not here. Just. Be careful, okay? For your own sake. If there's some mystical trap set in me, I don't want you caught in it. It's not worth it.

It’ll be alright, darling. I’ll take good care of you. I promise.

[Private: Protection I]
I’m not worried, Shiro. I’ve handled much worse, and I don’t intend to let anything like this win over me.

Felih... This witch has planted encoded phrases to entirely trap my personality and sent me to kill my closest friends in the universe. She has drained the life out of entire planets. She wipes minds and forges mental connections in seconds without physical contact. I need you to take this seriously, and I need you to be careful. I couldn't forgive myself if I was responsible for something terrible happening to you.

Darling, I know what I'm talking about. I've killed gods, destroyed or cleansed pure embodiments and agents of darkness and corruption, led and won wars, conquered all manner of magical opposition- spells, curses, traps, you name it.

I do everything at my own risk, of my own will. And I will do all I can to help you.

[There's a lingering silence that sounds, somehow, like Shiro chewing on his lip.]

...All right. [Soft and a little defeated.] I trust you. If you need any preliminary... scans or something, let me know. I'll be there. I really don't have any idea how this works. I'm sorry.

It'll be alright, darling. We'll be okay. Don't apologize, alright? It's alright to be worried, and I don't expect you to know everything. Just let us worry and do the work, okay?

I'll try... [Chagrined.] That's my secret - I always worry. The only time I don't is when I'm in the air.

Trust me, Shiro?

Always.

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