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You stretched your hand out, allowing Mercy's tendrils to experimentally probe the stone before you touched it. And her reaction was immediate.
Mercy hissed and retracted her tendrils, the edges of them visibly smoking from the brief contact.
You cast a suspicious glare at Mina, but the vampire was only frowning in confusion.
<span class="mu-r">“A curious reaction. What is the nature of that <span class="mu-i">thing</span> you are wearing?”</span> she asked, looking you up and down with those glowing eyes of hers.
<span class="mu-s">“Nevermind that. Why don’t you start by telling me what that thing is, and how I'm supposed to use it.”</span> you said, rubbing the cloth covering your arm in an attempt to soothe Mercy.
<span class="mu-r">“I was hoping that you would allow the Bloodgem to interface with your body, thus bolstering your physical form, and protecting you from things such as psychic intrusion, possession and vampiric infection.”</span> Mina said, lowering her head to stare curiously at the stone. <span class="mu-r">“But…seeing as how that is no longer possible…”</span>
Mina tightened her hand around the stone, and seemed about to place it in her dress’s pocket.
<span class="mu-s">“And…you were just going to let me have it? Just like that, without any catch?”</span> you asked, making her pause in putting it away.
<span class="mu-r">“That was the idea, yes.”</span> she said, brandishing the Bloodgem once more.
You stared at it, and your pulse quickened. Having that would undoubtedly give you the boost you needed to beat Ward, but Mercy seemed to be having a bad reaction to it. Maybe it had something to do with the gem's effects.
If Mercy was a ghost that'd been conjured up by Khonshu, then maybe you couldn't use the gem, and wear Mercy at the same time. But that didn't mean that you couldn’t hold onto it for later. You expected Mercy to have something to say on the matter, but maybe she was angry about getting burned earlier.
What will you do?
>Ask for a container to hold the gem. It might come in handy later.
>Take the gem with your own hands, and ask Mercy to create a gap for you to place it on your skin.
>Ask her if she can do something else for you instead. (Write-in)
>Gently turn down Mina's offer. You'll accept her vow of non-hostility as reward enough.
>Write-in.
