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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Don Incognito" data-source="post: 4696596" data-attributes="member: 81448"><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid">"I'm glad you asked, elf. I shall show you."</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White">The halfling waves his hands, creating a light show via his magic. With magic, he weaves a tapestry, threads sprouting from his fingers as the image takes shape, floating in the air. You see a one pebble, floating near the left side of his magical portrait in a pool of smooth water.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid">"In this analogy, the pebble is the subject of the ritual, the water is reality, and the edges of the picture are time. Watch what happens when someone tries to pluck the pebble from the water."</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White">Allip twiddles his fingers, and the tapestry moves, individual weaves shifting colors as the objects spring to life. A hand reaches down and takes the pebble, creating ripples in the water.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid">"Do you see? No matter how slowly, how gently you try, you cannot remove the pebble without affecting the water. These rituals don't just <em>kill</em> someone, they <em>erase</em> them. Rebekkah can't be revived, because there is no body to animate. Her soul cannot be called back, because there is no soul to signal. She is gone, her individuality spent as a casual side effect of her soul being distilled into red powder."</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid">"But you can't obliterate someone so utterly and completely without making some sort of impact. You can't just pluck someone from reality! There are consequences! There are ripples!"</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White">Allip sighs before continuing.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid">"There are <em>echoes</em>."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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