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[fanstheflames]

... Well...

[ Well.

Tsuruno closes her eyes briefly. ]

I have something like that core you mentioned. It's a gem, actually. And if it's ever crushed or taken away, I don't just lose my ability to use any kind of power, I... I die.

[indwelt]

[ Just right out with it, huh?

Because they don't have anything like magical girls where he comes from (outside of entertainment, that is, and who knows how much he even bothers to turn on the television these days), he takes the time to digest this new information instead of just barreling right ahead. ]

Is your gem easy to remove?

[ Like the fact that she just DIES if her gem is destroyed is real bad, but if it's not easily accessible then maybe it's a little less? bad?? ]

[fanstheflames]

Yeah.

[ And she holds out her left hand, where there's a silver ring on her middle finger, bearing a reddish-orange gem. ]

It can take a few different forms, but technically, it's always accessible. And I have to stay close to it.

[indwelt]

[ Look at that, they're almost matchies.

The sight of the ring has him frowning, because it seems dangerous to have something so important just laid bare in the open like that. What if someone steals it? What if it gets lost somehow? ]

How close is close? [ Concerning wording.... ]

[fanstheflames]

... It's bad if it gets more than one hundred meters from me.

[ well, there you go. ]

[indwelt]

[ That's so bad. ]

Then I sincerely hope it never strays too far from you. [ He is so serious about this!! He has never looked more serious in his life. Although... ] How bad is 'bad', exactly?

[fanstheflames]

It's like I said. Take it too far away and I die. And maybe that's temporary, if it's brought back in time, but either way, it's...

[ She swallows, hard. ]

It's called a Soul Gem for a reason--it's literally my soul.