"Mmmm... no... that... does not sound like what I'm referring to. Poppets are little different from you or me." He had just said that the chance of himself being one was actually nonzero, hadn't he? "Souls are much alike, no matter their origins. Some hold onto the magic they make, others do not and cannot use it -- like humans -- but all make it. Like... like fire. Fires make heat... and enough heat, handled correctly, can make a new fire. How it grows is up to those that tend it. But that holds true for any creature." He peeked back over at him again at that.
"And so, even a poppet would produce more magic potential. One need not consume others'; every creature living has an excess, if none is spent. Mine...." He hesitated, barely shifting to try to peek over his right shoulder, looking for something lower, but the way he was holding the boxes made it nigh impossible, clearly enough, and he made a slight face. "...I can show you later, if you have interest. I store mine within me. It helps, when a monster would do harm... it means I may heal others far more than I would be able to if I hadn't it at hand. Or can aid the ents in fending them off. Or call forth a feast without tiring myself. ....When this place isn't disallowing it.
"For a creature to only take... I am sorry to hear that their makers had such ill intentions. And for the creature itself; it need not have suffered such a hunger."
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Date: 2024-06-12 07:45 am (UTC)"And so, even a poppet would produce more magic potential. One need not consume others'; every creature living has an excess, if none is spent. Mine...." He hesitated, barely shifting to try to peek over his right shoulder, looking for something lower, but the way he was holding the boxes made it nigh impossible, clearly enough, and he made a slight face. "...I can show you later, if you have interest. I store mine within me. It helps, when a monster would do harm... it means I may heal others far more than I would be able to if I hadn't it at hand. Or can aid the ents in fending them off. Or call forth a feast without tiring myself. ....When this place isn't disallowing it.
"For a creature to only take... I am sorry to hear that their makers had such ill intentions. And for the creature itself; it need not have suffered such a hunger."