>>5305938>>5305968>>5305985"Well, what else are you hiding? Surely you know how the Mandragoran possession truly came to be."
That is the one answer I cannot give to you, as Eliza is the one who lives with the plant creatures, she is the one more familiarized with their arrival. Though I believe they came right after the passing of a local boy in her town, Nico."
Reading his mind, you verify the truth in his words as he tells the story of the young Nico.
"A commoner boy became infamous on the town near the church, always hanging out with animals and talking to inanimate objects. He believed that life was the best gift that one could recieve, and that there was no reason not to share that happiness, even if no one was there to listen to him."
"The other children found him weird, throwing sticks and stones to him so he would stop talking, yet he never did. The nun took pity on him, believing there was nothing wrong with his genuine joy in living."
"One day, during the cold winter of new year's day, the bell of the chapel rang, loud enough to reach Nico's town. The food was growing scarce at that time of season, and already being cast out from his peers, they refuse to feed Nico, forcing him to go out to the cold, until he reached Eliza's church."
"He banged on the door and yelled for her as loud as his freezing body could, yet his shouts were drowned out by the bell. When Eliza found his body, she was never the same."
No lies, he's still telling the truth, even if the story has no correlation to the Mandragorans.
"Do you know if there was a Behelit nearby? An amulet of sorts, oval in shape, but with human expression carved on them." You theorize that Eliza could have wished for the God Hand to bring Nico back to life, with the results backfiring as she sacrificed her humanity.
"That's a minute detail to ask of someone with second hand knowledge of the situation. Can't say I've ever heard such a thing present that day."
No lies there, even if the theory seems sound.
