>>5260143"Please, we only have so much time to figure this out." You plead to Kalki, underestimating how difficult it would be to have a full recovery.
Despite laying half naked four hours at a time while Kalki dug through your pressure points and carefully tried to connect with your soul through acupuncture, the most it did was temporarily relieve you of the pain for a few hours, and given how you always had to do upkeep on your body so your muscles didn't disappear, while learning new kushan spells and teaching all you could know to the remaining soldiers and refugees on the daily, the patches of your soul were quickly undone by the end of the day, whatever alternative medicine he used was also temporary. Even with going so far as to seeing if your newly formed group of sorcerers were able to do any intricate healing, none of them, not a single one could even figure out where to start with solving your peculiar case.
"Sorry, this is all I can do with my current knowledge. To sew someone's soul is something I never thought I would have to do, and the precision of such procedures is something best let to a professional." Kalki apologises on lacking the sub-molecular vision to stop you from burning through all of your stamina to do basic magic that you didn't have a lot of trouble doing before. Even absorbing people's energy seemed to burn you out before the donor did...
"That's fine, I've spoken to Barnham about the problem before he left, maybe he will find someone who's more specialised in Soul manipulation."
"I have a hard time believing he'll find someone who can do that so easily... Even with my abilities, all progress was undone during our next examination. Maybe something else must be added to the ritual..."
"Guess I can say goodbye to animal possession... At least there are a few other things I learned with you." You complain, but still reminding yourself that a lot of Kushan magic was very similar in execution as the practices you did in the swamps with Merlina, and when attempting to revisit them, you managed to pick up a few things:
<span class="mu-g">Your telepathy has improved thanks to Kalki's teachings! You can now telepathically read the minds of people from up to a hundred meters, provided there is no magical interference. Additionally, the clairvoyance Merlina used in the swamps to watch over different lands is also something you can do now, so long as you have a clear surface of water to pull the Od from. It's worth noting that despite it's added range, you cannot interact with the visions of the present, only observing the passing of events, but you can combine both abilities if the place you're overseeing is close to your own body, again, as long as nobody interferes.[/green ]</span>
