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''Everything you know about a link will be strengthened. If one of you were to die, Arawn wouldn't be the only one affected. He might not be the nexus of your feelings anymore; Klesiah -as a human- might become another spreader of emotions. Elina's angelic existence could also cause unusual illness and feeblemindedness if one of you suffers a bout of terrible sadness... There are too many ifs to list. You're all getting the picture, right?'' She waited for everyone to nod. ''Good, because I need to mention something even more important.''
''Long terms, you'll likely find it difficult to hold onto your identities.'' She waited for Teruko to translate that sentence correctly. ''Little harmless things like, for example, food taste being shared after a particularly intense emotional outburst could become the first symptom. You guys could suddenly share Klesiah's love of vanilla if she has an intense argument with Arawn or perhaps her taste in blue clothes... After enough time, mistaking each other's memories is highly probable. That is if you don't suffer the fates of the patients Keldan mentioned.''
You and the girls shared an uneasy silence.
''Arawn and Hao troubled minds make them especially vulnerable. Arawn memories aren't one continuous line because of his amnesia, and the Whitening has eroded most details in Hao's general recollections. Old childhood memories could easily become ''absorbed'' into your collective souls, then things like tastes or interests... if you guys aren't careful, your identities will likely blur and merge into a single distorted whole. Imagine a beautiful portrait vandalized into a mess of colors... then likely completely eroded into nothingness by a bout of Whitening. All of you risk having no identities in twenty years.''
The little witch stopped; the intensity of her gaze was one you'd grown far too familiar with. Despite her diminutive appearance, she still possessed sparks of the theatrical charisma you've grown familiar with.
''I think it's worth a shot.'' The confidence in Klesiah's honest words surprised you. ''People's natural difference is what prevents links from swallowing our minds, right? I'm a simple woman. We all know Arawn's elven heritage is but the tip of a mountain of oddities'' She winks at you. ''Elina is an angel, Sieglinde is a demoness, Hao is a normal Mamono of a completely different race... I don't think it'll be -that- hard to keep our identities. At least we all know there's only one in our links with meat between his legs!''
''I don't think we are fated to a normal life... Arawn and Shereen's magic should give us a way to cope with this increased intensity. They have extremely compatible natures, right?'' She fidgeted her hands together nervously. Her cheerfulness blossomed a spark of excitement in your chest. ''There's also Mina who can keep watching over my soul, and if Arawn can rejoin with Gardy... We'll have another guardian of our collective sanity.''
